Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for tonsillitis from September 20, 2010, but no earlier.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's tonsillitis symptoms included hoarseness with inflammation of cords or mucous membrane from September 20, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic tonsillitis with chronic laryngitis and chronic pharyngitis (tonsillitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25002086
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