The Board has determined that the effective date for a total schedular disability evaluation for right below-the-knee amputation with loss of use of the left foot is February 18, 1988.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was denied as the earliest possible effective date for the grant of a total disability evaluation was February 18, 1988.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg disability, Right lower extremity amputation
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0201882
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