The Board denied the veteran's request for an effective date earlier than January 13, 2003, for a grant of service connection for functional bowel disease.
The deciding factor: No formal or informal claim for service connection for functional bowel disease was received by VA prior to January 13, 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- functional bowel disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0608629
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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