The Board granted an effective date of July 26, 2023, for service connection for disfigurement and painful scar related to the Veteran's carotid artery surgery.
The deciding factor: The claim for residuals of carotid artery surgery submitted on July 26, 2023, encompassed a claim for scars, including those on the left lateral neck, which existed prior to July 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- disfigurement of left lateral neck, painful scar, left lateral neck
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25047846
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.
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