The Veteran's spouse is granted an effective date of August 29, 2006 for additional VA compensation benefits due to the Veteran being rated at a 30% or greater disability rate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was initially awarded a disability rating of 30% or more on August 29, 2006 and met the requirement for additional VA compensation benefits for his spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18128915
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating for various conditions, including lumbar spine disability and peripheral neuropathies, due to an incomplete record of private treatment records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for peripheral neuropathy and ischemic heart disease, but denied an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 11, 2006 for the grant of service connection for high blood pressure (hypertension) and denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and special monthly compensation, as well as ratings for various conditions.
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