The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to July 26, 1995, for service connection of bronchial asthma and sinusitis with headaches are denied as there is no indication in the file that an application to reopen these claims was filed prior to this date.
The deciding factor: The effective date of July 26, 1995, for the award of service connection for bronchial asthma and sinusitis with headaches was determined based on the date of receipt of the veteran's application to reopen these claims. There is no indication in the file that an earlier application was filed.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchial asthma, sinusitis with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0527488
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