The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for chronic lumbar syndrome, bilateral radiculopathy, and central disc protrusion was denied. The Board found that the earliest effective date assignable is May 13, 1994.
The deciding factor: The assigned effective date corresponds to the date of receipt of the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbar syndrome, bilateral radiculopathy, central disc protrusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1006274
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What this means for you
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