The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of a fracture of the left wrist, finding that March 14, 2003 is the correct date of claim.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be prior to the date of the reopened claim (March 14, 2003) as there was no evidence of record demonstrating a disability before this date.
- Claimed conditions
- Fracture of the left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0612959
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What this means for you
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