The veteran's claim for secondary service connection for periodontal disease is granted. His claims for increased evaluations of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are also granted, with ratings of 30 percent and 20 percent respectively.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence established a plausible nexus between the veteran's service-connected conditions and his claimed disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- periodontal disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0024545
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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