The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of residuals of a head injury, left hip arthritis, left ankle arthritis, and left knee arthritis. The RO granted these conditions effective October 28, 2005.
The deciding factor: The effective date was assigned based on the date the application to reopen the claims was received by VA, which was October 28, 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury, left hip arthritis, left ankle arthritis, left knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1000253
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What this means for you
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