The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions is February 19, 1963.
The deciding factor: VA cannot prove actual delivery of the March 1963 notice letter to the veteran, thus the appeal period did not begin and the February 1963 RO decision was not final.
- Claimed conditions
- mild degenerative changes of the cervical spine, compression of the superior end plates of T5-6 with narrowing of the canal of the thoracic spine, degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 with left radiculopathy of the lumbar spine, right shoulder rotator cuff tear, dental trauma, arthralgia of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0825479
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found new and relevant evidence for the previously denied claims of vision, dental trauma, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, low back condition, pes planus and plantar fasciitis, right knee condition, left knee condition, and bilateral hearing loss. These claims are being remanded to the AOJ for further adjudication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for right knee strain, left shoulder rotator cuff tear, and right shoulder rotator cuff tear due to inadequate medical opinions in the November 2020 rating decision. The VA is required to obtain an addendum opinion from a clinician to determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a right shoulder rotator cuff tear has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not result in his inability to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to June 19, 2019. The Board denied an earlier effective date for the TDIU.
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