The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of June 3, 2010 is granted. The effective date is set at October 23, 2015 as this is the date he filed his initial claim for increased rating.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved doubt in favor of the Veteran and awarded an effective date of June 3, 2010, but no earlier, to the award of a separate 10 percent rating for tender scar. The one-year period prior to this claim is not factually ascertainable as the manifestations necessary for a compensable rating were not present during that time.
- Claimed conditions
- tender scar post cyst removal on the right jaw
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19106819
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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