The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of February 13, 1996 for his total disability compensation benefits due to a combined service-connected disability rating of 100 percent from that date.
The deciding factor: The claim was not well-grounded as there were no communications prior to October 1996 expressing an intent to seek service-connected disability compensation for a psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- partial complex seizures, internal derangement of the left knee status post arthroscopy and partial meniscectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2002
- Citation
- 0203889
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for partial complex seizures, TBI, and lymphedema of the right and left lower extremities, as well as effective dates prior to December 19, 2012, for total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU), special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for revision or reversal of the February 2019 rating decision, which assigned an effective date of March 20, 2017, for the award of service connection for partial complex seizures, based on CUE is dismissed without prejudice to refiling.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected partial complex seizures with migraines and syncope are being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his condition. Additionally, the issue of TDIU is also being remanded due to its inextricability from the seizure disorder claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and a higher evaluation for lumbar DDD was denied. The Board is remanding these issues.,The Veteran's TDIU claim prior to December 11, 2013 is being referred to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.
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