The Veteran's appeal of service connection for a condition to account for her heart murmur has been withdrawn. The Board is granting service connection for residual scars from an abdominoplasty and cesarean sections, as well as inactive tuberculosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew her appeal regarding the issue of service connection for a condition to account for her heart murmur prior to the decision being made.
- Claimed conditions
- residual scars from an abdominoplasty and cesarean sections, inactive tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1219830
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection and increased rating was dismissed because the NOD did not identify a specific decision with which he disagreed.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected inactive tuberculosis with old granulomatous disease is denied as there are no residuals of the condition that would warrant a compensable rating.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's application to reopen his service-connection claim for tuberculosis, finding that new and material evidence did not show the presence of a current disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's chest pain is considered a manifestation of an undiagnosed illness due to service in the Southwest Asia Theater, and has been rated as a scar.
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