The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for bone cancer, finding that such was legally precluded due to the nature of the Veteran's claim and the timing of his claims.
The deciding factor: An effective date prior to April 22, 2002, for the award of service connection for bone cancer is legally precluded as it would be earlier than the effective date assigned for the primary disability (squamous cell skin cancers).
- Claimed conditions
- Bone Cancer, Squamous Cell Skin Cancers
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0938437
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