The Veteran seeks an effective date prior to October 30, 2006 for separate 30 percent ratings for residuals of a cold injury to the right foot and left foot. The Board finds that he is not entitled to such an earlier effective date due to lack of a formal or informal claim within one year before his increased rating claim was received.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's application for an increased disability rating was filed more than one year after the effective date of the liberalizing law, which authorized separate ratings for each affected part. Therefore, he is not entitled to an earlier effective date prior to October 30, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury to the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0920142
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