The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an allergy disorder, finding that his pre-existing condition was aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran had a preexisting allergy disorder prior to service and that it was aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergy disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20073012
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.
- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches, but no greater.
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