The Veteran's undifferentiated connective tissue disease with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome was granted a 10 percent rating for the period prior to December 23, 2009 and a 60 percent rating since then.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran had exacerbations lasting a week or more, two to three times per year for both periods of time.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated connective tissue disease, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2011
- Citation
- 1136732
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for undifferentiated connective tissue disease, finding that it is proximately due to her service-connected Hashimoto's thyroiditis and resolving reasonable doubt in her favor.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's antiphospholipid antibody syndrome should be rated by analogy to an analogous condition in the rating schedule, and any manifestations or complications of the disability. The Veteran was not provided with a comprehensive examination addressing her entire disability picture, so the case is being remanded for this purpose.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's fibromyalgia and undifferentiated connective tissue disease are granted as service-connected. The left foot disability, right wrist disability, and arthralgia/myalgia disability are remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's blood disorder, claimed as hypogammaglobulinemia, CVID, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, lupus and bone marrow suppression, is not related to service or any other service-connected condition.
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