The Board denied service connection for the veteran's cause of death in March 1961. The appellant submitted an application to reopen the claim on February 25, 2000. As a result, the effective date for the award of service connection for the veteran's cause of death is fixed at March 1, 2000.
The deciding factor: The legal criteria preclude granting an earlier effective date due to the finality of the March 1961 Board decision and the requirement that the effective date cannot precede the date of receipt of claim or date entitlement arose, whichever is later.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0638134
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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