The Veteran's migratory polyarthritic arthritis was rated at a 40 percent from February 27, 2013 to February 16, 2017. The rating is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed symptom combinations productive of definite impairment of health throughout the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Migratory polyarthritic inflammatory arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144600
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher initial rating of 100 percent for systemic lupus erythematosus but denied an increased rating from 50 percent for the mental health disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for systemic lupus erythematosus and a kidney disability, to include as secondary to SLE, for further development, including a new VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for SLE and a 50 percent disability rating for OSA from March 24, 2015, to February 17, 2016. The claim for a higher rating for OSA after February 18, 2016, was denied.
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