The veteran requested to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis. The RO granted this request and awarded service connection effective October 15, 1996. The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date is denied.
The deciding factor: The earliest possible effective date for the award of service connection is October 15, 1996, as that was the date of receipt of the request to reopen a previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0610529
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal on all issues listed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction was caused by his service-connected chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis is denied. The earliest possible effective date is October 15, 1996.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a pulmonary examination to determine the severity of his chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis.
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