The Veteran's claim for an effective date of July 22, 2016 for service connection for costochondritis is granted.,The claims seeking initial compensable disability ratings for incomplete right bundle branch block and scars are dismissed.,The claim seeking a TDIU is also dismissed.,The petition to reopen the Veteran's previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability, to include eczema, is granted. The claim is addressed further in the 'Reasons for Remand' section below.,Service connection for PTSD is granted based on evidence that the Veteran experienced an in-service personal assault and has current symptoms related to this event.
The deciding factor: The effective date of July 22, 2016 was determined as it falls within one year of the Veteran's separation from active duty service.,The claims for increased ratings were dismissed due to the Veteran withdrawing his appeals in September 2020.,Service connection for PTSD is granted based on evidence that the Veteran experienced an in-service personal assault and has current symptoms related to this event.,The petition to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability, to include eczema, was granted due to new and material evidence being submitted.
- Claimed conditions
- costochondritis, incomplete right bundle branch block, residual scars, status post incomplete right bundle branch block, scars, status post lipoma excisions
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21022721
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