The Veteran's claim for service connection for a liver condition has been reopened, and he is now entitled to a rating of 10 percent for his gallbladder removal. His pseudofolliculitis barbae is rated as noncompensable.
The deciding factor: New evidence was received that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for service connection for a liver condition, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver condition, Gallbladder removal, Pseudofolliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2021
- Citation
- 21076461
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