The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen claims for service connection for various conditions, including scleroderma of the back, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus with complications, and anatomical loss of both feet. The effective dates for these benefits have also been adjusted. However, the issues involving PTSD remain on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for service connection for various conditions but did not specify which conditions or how they were reopened.
- Claimed conditions
- scleroderma of the back, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus with residual complications of erectile dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities, bilateral polyneuropathy of the fingertips, and diabetic retinopathy, anatomical loss of both feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1005517
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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