The Board denied the appellant's claims for an increased rating for impotence and SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ, as well as his request for an effective date prior to June 10, 1996. The appeal was dismissed due to failure to meet the one-year filing requirement after submitting an informal claim at a hearing in 1995.
The deciding factor: The appellant's formal claim for service connection for impotence was received more than one year after his informal claim, which is not allowed under VA regulations. Therefore, no effective date prior to June 10, 1996, could be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Impotence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0117348
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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