The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for prostatitis, finding that the claim was not well-grounded and no new evidence had been submitted to reopen a final denial.
The deciding factor: The veteran's initial claim for prostatitis was denied due to failure to report for a scheduled examination. No new or material evidence was presented to reopen this final decision.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2002
- Citation
- 0202190
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What this means for you
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