The Board has determined that the earliest date of receipt of a claim for service connection for arteriovenous fistula is July 9, 1999. Therefore, an effective date of July 9, 1999, but no earlier, is established for the award of service connection for arteriovenous fistula.
The deciding factor: The earliest claim for service connection for arteriovenous fistula was received on July 9, 1999. There are no prior claims or informal claims found in the record before this date.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriovenous fistula
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2005
- Citation
- 0502400
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