The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for thoracic strain with degenerative joint disease, degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, and right hip bursitis. The decision found that there was no legal entitlement to an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: There is no legal entitlement to an effective date earlier than January 10, 1996 for the grants of service connection due to the finality of the September 1986 rating decision and the lack of evidence showing a disability arose prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracic strain with degenerative joint disease, degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, right hip bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0213316
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What this means for you
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