The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of January 9, 2001, for service connection of seborrheic eczema (claimed as chloracne). The decision found that no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim prior to January 30, 2001.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date of claim due to regulations regarding reopened claims and final decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- seborrheic eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0622267
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