The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence, and finds that his current scar on the back of his neck is related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current scar is related to his active service based on his consistent account of its development during service and corroborated by medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- scar on the back of the neck
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2014
- Citation
- 1441231
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The VA has granted service connection for the scar on the back of the neck and assigned a 10 percent rating effective August 30, 2002. The veteran is entitled to this higher rating under the revised criteria for evaluating scars.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted as his PTSD is now considered service-connected.
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