The Board has granted an effective date of January 29, 1993 for the award of service connection for scleroderma secondary to service-connected asbestosis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows the veteran was diagnosed with scleroderma at the time he filed his claim and is linked to his service-connected asbestosis.
- Claimed conditions
- scleroderma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0726882
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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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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death. The claims for special monthly compensation, scleroderma service connection, Raynaud's disease service connection, bilateral hearing loss rating, and PTSD rating are not currently before the Board.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal regarding service connection for various conditions has been dismissed due to their death.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection of lipomas, scleroderma, and polymyositis.
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