The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to a lack of evidence showing an intent to claim these conditions prior to April 12, 1999.
The deciding factor: There is no indication in the record that the veteran had any intention to claim service connection for the claimed disabilities prior to April 12, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- spondylosis, lumbar spine, discogenic disease C6-7, internal derangement of right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0633751
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- Partly granted
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