The Board granted service connection for a hiatal hernia, effective from July 1996. The veteran's claims for an increased evaluation of the hiatal hernia and earlier effective dates for lumbar spine injury, arthritis, Scheuerman's disease, kyphosis of the thoracic spine, right thigh hypesthesia, and COPD/chronic bronchitis were denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not submit an informal or formal claim for service connection for COPD/chronic bronchitis until August 18, 1995. The effective date of the award is the date of receipt of the claim, which was August 18, 1995.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"lumbar spine injury","additional_conditions":["arthritis","Scheuerman's disease","kyphosis of the thoracic spine","right thigh hypesthesia"]}, {"condition_name":"chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/chronic bronchitis"}
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0635281
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What this means for you
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