The Veteran's pancreatitis status post cholecystectomy is granted an effective date of December 31, 2013, for the award of a 30 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated severe symptoms warranting a 30 percent disability rating for the entire period on appeal and resolved the benefit of doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatitis status post cholecystectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24020796
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to December 31, 2013 were denied as there was no evidence of an informal or formal claim filed before that date.
- Denied
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- Denied
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