The Veteran's service connection claim for a left elbow laceration scar is granted. The claim for other left elbow disability (excluding the laceration scar) is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the laceration scar based on direct evidence, while the other left elbow disabilities were not shown to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow laceration scar, olecranon bursitis, tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19172689
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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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