The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for HIV in excess of 30 percent prior to February 21, 2015, and in excess of 60 percent thereafter has been granted.
The deciding factor: VA treatment records were obtained and reviewed, which supported the grant of a higher schedular rating for HIV during this appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1706979
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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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