The Board has granted service connection for a left elbow disability and remanded the issues of service connection for post-operative residuals of abdominal surgery, other than residual scarring, and rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of acne scarring of the head, neck, and face.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's pre-existing left elbow disability was aggravated beyond its natural progression during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow disability, post-operative residuals of abdominal surgery, other than residual scarring, acne scarring of the head, neck, and face
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22041739
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew their appeal for service connection for anxiety, sinusitis, a cervical spine disability, a left elbow disability, and a right hip disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and potential secondary service connection theories.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of the claimed bilateral finger, wrist, elbow, and shoulder disabilities. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to errors in obtaining medical opinions and addressing all relevant issues, including secondary service connection.
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