The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 31, 2001, for service connection of asbestos-related lung disease was denied as there is no evidence showing a claim was filed before that date.
The deciding factor: The claim was not received until January 31, 2001, and the veteran did not provide any prior informal or formal claims for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- asbestos-related lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0619086
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, due to asbestos-related lung disease that was incurred in service and contributed substantially and materially to his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for asbestos-related lung disease and has remanded the issue of an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder including on the basis of unemployability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for asbestos-related lung disease, finding that the Veteran's current respiratory disorder is at least as likely as not related to his in-service exposure to asbestos.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for service connection for asbestos-related lung disease was remanded for additional development and adjudication.
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