The veteran's claim to reopen her service connection for myalgias and arthralgias was granted, effective from November 17, 1997.
The deciding factor: The earliest correspondence indicating a claim to reopen the April 1996 rating decision was received on November 17, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- myalgias, arthralgias
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2004
- Citation
- 0414376
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Decisions by this judge: 2,020 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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