The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable initial disability rating for residual scars of a splenectomy and an earlier effective date for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a splenectomy.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence did not support the claim for a compensable disability rating, and there was no clear and unmistakable error in the August 1999 RO rating decision regarding compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- residual scars of splenectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0606443
What this means for you
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