The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of a left thigh disorder is denied as there was no prior claim filed before October 4, 1996.
The deciding factor: There was no prior claim filed by the veteran for service connection of a left thigh disorder prior to October 4, 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- status post resection of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, left thigh disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0107872
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