The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than August 19, 2010 for service connection were granted.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for gastrointestinal residuals of intestinal surgery and associated scar was granted with an effective date of February 15, 2008.
The deciding factor: The claims were reopened based on new evidence submitted by the Veteran after a final denial in September 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive compulsive disorder, Gastrointestinal residuals of intestinal surgery, Scar, status-post intestinal surgery
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1630660
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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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