The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than March 18, 2002 for the grant of service connection for prostate adenocarcinoma as this is the earliest allowable date under applicable criteria.
The deciding factor: The effective date assigned by the RO was the date of receipt of the original claim, which is the earliest allowable date under the applicable criteria (38 C.F.R. § 3.400(b)(2)(ii)).
- Claimed conditions
- prostate adenocarcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0608007
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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- Dismissed
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