The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ was denied as the legal criteria do not allow for retroactive benefits.
The deciding factor: The effective date is legally precluded due to the statute and regulation governing the assignment of effective dates for original claims, which does not allow for retroactive benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0617609
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Denied
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