The Board denied the veteran's requests for earlier effective dates for service connection of Osgood-Schlatter's disease, finding that the May 1968 rating decision denying his original claim was final and that no request to reopen the claim had been received prior to October 20, 1997.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not file a notice of disagreement within one year from the May 1968 denial, making the decision final. No request to reopen the claim was submitted before October 20, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- Osgood-Schlatter's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0304388
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