The Board denied an earlier effective date for the increased rating of 10 percent for a hip disability, finding that the earliest medical evidence showing a factually ascertainable increase in disability is from January 14, 2004. The claim was denied as there is no earlier medical evidence to support an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the earliest medical evidence of record subsequent to the May 2003 Board denial of an increased rating for the pubic ramus stress fracture that relates to the hip disability is from January 14, 2004. There was no earlier medical evidence showing a factually ascertainable increase in disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0620476
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