The Board granted the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates of January 16, 1998 for left lower extremity hamstring allograft and lower left extremity painful scar. The claim for service connection for left lower saphenous nerve damage was reopened due to new evidence and a grant of service connection with an effective date of January 16, 1998.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims were valid and granted earlier effective dates based on the submission of new evidence and the reopening of previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Left lower extremity hamstring allograft, Lower left extremity painful scar, Left lower saphenous nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19143225
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,092 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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