The Board has granted an initial 10 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected lipomas and residuals of lipoma excision, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the veteran had multiple current lipomas and residual scars from previous surgeries, which predominantly caused intermittent pain and hyperpigmentation without significant functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Lipomas
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0621041
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Decisions by this judge: 952 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, a compensable rating for lipomas, and service connection for bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD has also been dismissed.
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