The Board has granted service connection for chronic costochondritis, left chest wound and residuals of cold injury to the extremities, to include Raynaud's Syndrome. Service connection was denied for joint pain other than right hip and chest pain.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted for chronic costochondritis, left chest wound and residuals of cold injury to the extremities, to include Raynaud's Syndrome due to direct service connection. Service connection is not granted for joint pain other than right hip and chest pain as there was no evidence linking it to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic costochondritis, left chest wall, residuals of cold injury to the extremities, to include Raynaud's Syndrome, joint pain other than right hip and chest pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1024975
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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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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for chronic costochondritis and a rating in excess of 30 percent from November 8, 2016, for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with antral gastritis for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a higher rating for chronic costochondritis, finding that her symptoms more closely align with a moderate disability rather than a moderately severe or severe one.
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