The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for Hodgkin's lymphoma from September 27, 1993 to September 21, 1995 and since September 22, 1995. The criteria for both periods did not meet the schedular requirements.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms during the relevant time periods were not productive of the required manifestations as per the old rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0012941
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the motion to revise or reverse the December 2014 rating decision that established June 30, 2014 as the effective date for the grant of service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma because there was no final decision for the Board to review based on CUE.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing due to his inability to use both upper or lower extremities, blindness in both eyes, or full thickness burns. The Board finds that his Hodgkin's lymphoma does not cause loss of use of any extremity.
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