The Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to an effective date prior to October 31, 1997 for service connection of chronic constipation as secondary to her service-connected anemia.
The deciding factor: The claim was received on October 31, 1997 and no earlier claims or informal claims were found in the year prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic constipation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0607953
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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- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for migraines and chronic sinusitis, granted service connection for allergic rhinitis as secondary to the service-connected sinusitis, and granted a 30 percent rating for chronic constipation.
- Dismissed
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