The Veteran's entitlement to a 40 percent disability rating for angioneurotic edema is granted, effective April 17, 2017. The appeal regarding the effective date of service connection for chronic urticaria is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran’s angioneurotic edema symptoms more closely approximated the criteria for a 40 percent rating from April 17, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- angioneurotic edema, chronic urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 26, 2019
- Citation
- A19001551
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- Remanded (sent back)
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