The Board has determined that the effective date for service connection of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome should be December 18, 1996 as it is one year prior to the veteran's formal claim in February 1998.
The deciding factor: The effective date was set at December 18, 1996 based on the liberalizing interpretation of service connection for congenital disorders like Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome after discharge and the fact that the veteran had submitted an informal claim prior to his formal claim in February 1998.
- Claimed conditions
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0032575
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