The Board determined that there is no legal entitlement to an effective date earlier than March 27, 2000 for the grant of service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine with herniated nucleus pulposus.
The deciding factor: There was no new and material evidence presented to reopen the veteran's claim after previous denials in 1957, 1962, and 1968. The veteran did not provide sufficient evidence or cooperate with VA examinations as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine with herniated nucleus pulposus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0425118
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