The veteran's claim for Service Disabled Veterans Insurance was denied because the application was not filed within one year of the grant of service connection, which in this case occurred in May 1981.
The deciding factor: The veteran had to file his RH Insurance application within a year from the date of the grant of service connection. His application was received after this period and thus did not meet the statutory requirement.
- Claimed conditions
- status post lumbar sympathectomy L2, L3 and L4 with arthritis, osteoporosis of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0205757
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