The Board has determined that the veteran is entitled to an effective date of March 21, 1990 for the award of service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The deciding factor: The June 1991 rating decision was clearly and unmistakably erroneous in assigning an effective date of February 6, 1991 as it did not consider the retroactive application of VA regulations that liberalized the burden of proof for service connection claims based on Vietnam service.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0207579
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- Denied
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