The veteran's Hailey-Hailey disease has been granted service connection with an effective date of February 21, 1986. The claim for a higher initial rating remains pending.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection on October 1, 1984, which led to the grant of service connection with an effective date of February 21, 1986. The current disability rating is 30 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Hailey-Hailey disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0723127
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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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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