The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of August 24, 1992 for service connection for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is granted due to procedural errors in previous rating decisions.
The deciding factor: Procedural errors in the initial and subsequent rating decisions resulted in incomplete records being considered. The veteran's representative provided new evidence that established entitlement to service connection for SLE, leading to a retroactive effective date of August 24, 1992.
- Claimed conditions
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2001
- Citation
- 0104797
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What this means for you
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