The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of November 5, 1983, for the grant of service connection for a residual abdominal scar was granted. The Board found that her reasonably raised claim had been pending since her initial claim in November 1983 and remained pending until it was adjudicated in October 2022.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's STRs indicated the presence of a surgical incision due to a total abdominal hysterectomy, which included a residual abdominal scar. The Board found that her reasonably raised claim for service connection for a residual abdominal scar had been pending since November 1983 and remained pending until it was adjudicated in October 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- residual abdominal scar
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26015644
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