The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for a 10 percent rating for his service-connected groin rash. The Board finds that the earliest effective date is January 23, 2002, as there was no evidence of increased disability prior to this date and the claim was received within one year of this date.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was denied because the earliest date as of which it is factually ascertainable that an increase in disability occurred (January 2000) is more than one year prior to January 23, 2002, when he filed his current claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Groin Rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0601533
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