The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for intertrigo, finding that entitlement arose on February 16, 2004, when the condition was diagnosed.
The deciding factor: Entitlement to service connection could not have arisen prior to the date a current disability (intertrigo) was demonstrated, which was February 16, 2004.
- Claimed conditions
- intertrigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0900738
What this means for you
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