The Board has granted an effective date of September 19, 1996 for the grant of service connection for Meniere's Disease.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted an informal claim for service connection for Meniere's Disease at a hearing in 1996. The RO denied this claim but did not adjudicate whether there was good cause for the failure to report for a VA examination scheduled in November 1996. As such, the effective date is set based on the September 1996 informal claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0305030
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What this means for you
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