The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, but denied an earlier effective date for entitlement to TDIU.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were initially filed in July 1994, but he withdrew them before a decision was rendered. The RO granted service connection for the disabilities on January 17, 2002, and assigned earlier effective dates for these grants of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower lobe partial pneumonectomy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0634562
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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