The claims for service connection have been reopened and granted, with a rating of 30 percent effective from the date of claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received to reopen the previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, loss of teeth, left shoulder disability, and acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, left shoulder disability, bilateral pes planus, loss of teeth, acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD), PVD of the left leg, PVD of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2024
- Citation
- 24011098
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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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