The veteran is granted separate initial evaluations of 10 percent for lipomas of the left upper extremity, right upper extremity, left lower extremity, right lower extremity, and abdomen, effective August 1, 2004. A separate evaluation of 10 percent for a lipoma of the back is also granted, effective August 1, 2004.
The deciding factor: The lipomas have been tender and painful since August 1, 2004, as documented in medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- lipomas of the left upper extremity, lipomas of the right upper extremity, lipomas of the left lower extremity, lipomas of the right lower extremity, lipomas of the abdomen, lipoma of the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0903088
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Decisions by this judge: 684 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for aid and attendance or housebound status.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and evaluations.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's substantive appeal was not timely filed in response to the April 2009 statement of the case, and thus denied his claim.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for lipoma of the back, claimed as a lump on the back and granted service connection based on direct evidence showing that the condition was incurred during active service.
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