The Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including a skin disorder, cervical spine disability, joint pain in the arms, dizziness, headaches, numbness of the upper extremities, sleep disorders, and chronic fatigue syndrome have been granted. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to previously unestablished facts and presents a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder, cervical spine disability, joint pain in the arms, dizziness, headaches, numbness of the left and right upper extremities, sleep disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, bilateral knee strain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18142203
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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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