The Veteran's earlier effective date for service connection of residuals of a right wrist/arm injury is granted to January 10, 1986. This was the filing date of his initial claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the September 1986 rating decision denying service connection for a right arm/wrist disability was not final due to notification failure and thus the Veteran's claim remained open and pending since September 1986.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist/arm injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1018311
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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