The Board grants service connection for lipomas, finding the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether they began during military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay statements and medical records support the claim, and reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- lipomas
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25007553
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for digestive condition and sinusitis, but granted service connection for vitiligo of the penis and lipomas. The initial ratings for various disabilities were also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board found that the reduction of the rating for service-connected painful left foot scar from 10 percent to 0 percent, effective July 19, 2023, was not proper and is void ab initio.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for a VA examination to clarify the etiology of the Veteran's lipomas, including whether they are part of a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness or related to service in Southwest Asia.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for lipomas and respiratory cancer were dismissed. The claim for vertigo was remanded for further evaluation.
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