The Veteran's umbilical hernia status-post colectomy was denied a compensable rating.,An earlier effective date of December 24, 2014 for the award of service connection and a noncompensable rating for umbilical hernia status-post colectomy is granted.,The Veteran's claim seeking an effective date earlier than October 2, 2018 for a 100 percent rating for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's) was denied.,The Veteran's claim seeking an effective date earlier than October 2, 2018 for special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria was also denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the umbilical hernia warranted a compensable rating at any point during the appeal period.,The earliest effective date of December 24, 2014 for the award of service connection and a noncompensable rating was granted based on a private medical opinion dated in May 2020.,The evidence did not support an earlier effective date than October 2, 2018 for the Veteran's claim seeking a higher disability rating for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's).,There was no evidence to support an earlier effective date than October 2, 2018 for special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- umbilical hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2022
- Citation
- A22026160
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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