The veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for pruritus ani was granted, and he is now rated as noncompensably disabling. The issue of entitlement to a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities was denied. The effective date for the grant of service connection for pruritus ani was set at November 5, 1998.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for pruritus ani was granted as his condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic code. The issue of entitlement to a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple, noncompensable service-connected disabilities was denied.
- Claimed conditions
- Pruritus Ani, Residuals of Crush Injury to Right Second, Third and Fourth Toes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0330437
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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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