The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than July 12, 2000 for an award of special monthly compensation on account of the loss of use of a creative organ. The decision is based on the fact that no legal benefit can be awarded due to the lack of entitlement under the law.
The deciding factor: The claim must be denied based on a lack of entitlement under the law, as there was no specific claim for special monthly compensation prior to 2001 when the legislation authorizing the benefit became effective in 1952 and no claim was made between 1948 and 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- left herniorrhaphy residuals, left testicular atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0623665
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