The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and TDIU were denied as the evidence did not support an earlier date of entitlement to service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical nexus evidence linking the disabilities to service was received after the initial denial, preventing a prior effective date from being assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine (low back disability), Degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine (neck disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0715821
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's low back disability and psychiatric disability have been granted service connection with effective dates of November 30, 2010.,Service connection for a psychiatric disability was also granted with an effective date of November 27, 2012.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include a mood disorder and alcohol abuse disorder, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The other claims for increased ratings were denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's low back disability is rated at 40 percent from September 27, 2016 to August 23, 2021. The issue of TDIU due to service-connected disabilities was granted and effective from September 27, 2016.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back, neck, left lower extremity, and bilateral hip disabilities as they are related to his service-connected back disability.
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