The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 29, 1999 for the grant of service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 29, 1999 for the grant of service connection for a right ankle disability is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 29, 1999 for the grant of service connection for allergic rhino-sinusitis with headaches is denied.
The deciding factor: There were no pending claims prior to September 29, 1999 that could have resulted in a grant of service connection for these conditions.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 29, 1999 for the right ankle disability was not filed until September 1999, and there were no pending claims prior to this date.,There were no pending claims prior to September 29, 1999 that could have resulted in a grant of service connection for allergic rhino-sinusitis with headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disorder, right ankle disability, allergic rhino-sinusitis with headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0922462
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