The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for disability compensation was denied as there is no provision for paying benefits from an earlier date based on the VA not monitoring whether disability compensation or retirement pay is the greater benefit after a veteran has elected to receive one of these benefits.
The deciding factor: There is no basis upon which to grant an earlier effective date for the award of disability compensation in this case.
- Claimed conditions
- unknown
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0032372
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What this means for you
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