The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of January 15, 2002 for service connection of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The decision is based on the fact that no formal or informal claim was filed prior to this date and there is no indication he attempted to reopen his claim before then.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss prior to January 15, 2002. The effective date can only be as early as the date of receipt of the reopened claim on that day.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0600902
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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