The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for disability of pancreas and gall bladder, reopened her claim of entitlement to service connection for lupus, granted effective dates prior to April 25, 2008, January 28, 2009, and September 2, 2011 for the grants of increased ratings for pelvic inflammatory disease, depressive disorder, and a separate rating for surgical scar associated with colitis, status post small bowel resection. The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 25, 2008 for Dependents' Educational Assistance was denied. Her claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic tension headaches was also denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not establish entitlement to service connection for disability of pancreas and gall bladder or reopen her lupus claim due to lack of current diagnosis. Effective dates were assigned based on when VA received her claims, with no earlier effective dates being factually ascertainable within one year prior to those dates.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreas, gall bladder, lupus, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1743329
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