The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for decompression sickness and granted service connection based on evidence showing that his multiple joint pain is related to his decompression sickness in service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the recent medical evidence supports the veteran's claim, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- decompression sickness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0837066
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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