The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and increased evaluations have been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a statement in April 2001 indicating he wished to pursue his previously denied claims, including those related to undiagnosed illness, sleep disturbance, fatigue, headaches, gastrointestinal distress, and cranial neuralgia. These claims were subsequently granted with effective dates of April 5, 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Residuals, Distortion of Lumbar Spine (Low Back Disability), Joint Pain, Left Hand and Wrist, Residuals of Right Wrist Sprain, Arthralgia (Right Wrist Disability), Cranial Neuralgia, Undiagnosed Illness Claimed as Sleep Disturbance, Fatigue, Headaches, and Gastrointestinal Distress (undiagnosed illness)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1020023
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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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