The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of right shoulder disorder and left upper extremity radiculopathy. Effective dates are assigned based on when evidence shows an increase in disability severity.
The deciding factor: The effective date is fixed by law to be the earliest date as of which it is ascertainable that an increase in disability had occurred, unless a claim was received within one year from such date.
- Claimed conditions
- aching joints, insomnia, IBS, right ear tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18144542
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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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