The Board granted service connection for residuals of trichinosis effective January 3, 2001. The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was reopened based on new and material evidence submitted by the veteran after his initial claim in 1955.
- Claimed conditions
- Trichinosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0620147
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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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