The Board has granted the veteran an effective date of April 5, 1989 for his service-connected retroperitoneal fibrosis and a compensable evaluation for residuals of fracture of the transverse processes at L2-L3. The total rating based on individual unemployability was also granted from this same date.
The deciding factor: The veteran petitioned to reopen his previously denied claims, and new evidence supported reopening these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- retroperitoneal fibrosis, fracture of the transverse process at L2-L3
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0206407
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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.
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