Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings for several conditions. It remanded the claims for increased ratings for hemorrhoids with skin tag and cervical strain.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the criteria for an earlier effective date or a higher rating had not been met based on the evidence of record.
- Claimed conditions
- painful scar gluteal cleft, scar gluteal cleft, cervical strain, radiculopathy of the left upper extremity, hemorrhoids with skin tag
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003403
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