The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of February 1, 2008, for service connection of multiple lipomas of the abdomen, back, right arm, and right shoulder has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran filed a formal claim on February 1, 2008, which was interpreted as an informal claim of service connection for multiple lipomas. The AOJ acknowledged this claim in March 2008 but incorrectly focused on the increased rating claim instead of the service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple lipomas
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21040327
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 1, 2008 for the grant of service connection for multiple lipomas due to a claim of clear and unmistakable error in a previous rating decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for multiple lipomas (Dercum's disease) is granted as the condition began during his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for multiple lipomas, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, right ear hearing loss, and ischemic heart disease due to herbicide exposure. The evidence did not meet the criteria for these conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's headache disability, diagnosed as migraine and chronic daily tension-type headaches, is granted service connection as secondary to his service-connected PTSD. His multiple lipomas are rated at 30 percent effective June 24, 2009.
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