The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for osteoarthritis of the right great toe, finding that there was no intent to apply for this condition prior to April 2, 2003.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a previous claim or intent to file a claim for osteoarthritis of the right great toe before April 2, 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the right great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0937557
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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