The Veteran's claims for service connection for sickle beta-thalassemia, status post splenectomy, and status post cholecystectomy were granted. The effective dates are set at the date of receipt of her application to reopen (August 25, 2009 for sickle beta-thalassemia, August 10, 2010 for status post splenectomy, and August 10, 2010 for status post cholecystectomy).
The deciding factor: The effective dates were assigned based on the date of receipt of her application to reopen her prior claims.
- Claimed conditions
- sickle beta-thalassemia, status post splenectomy, status post cholecystectomy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2016
- Citation
- 1615534
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