The Board denied an earlier effective date for VA pension benefits, finding that the veteran's claim was received on December 29, 1993, and he did not have a disability preventing him from filing his claim within one year prior to this date.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's application to reopen his pension claim was received on December 29, 1993, and thus could not be earlier than this date due to the one-year period before he became permanently and totally disabled.
- Claimed conditions
- Nervous condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0028450
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