The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates were denied as the evidence did not show that any of his service-connected disabilities warranted an earlier effective date than November 9, 2007.
The deciding factor: The RO found that the evidence did not support granting earlier effective dates before November 9, 2007, for all of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities as the claims were based on evaluations granted in August 2005 and the effective date was set at July 19, 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Shoulder, Retropatellar Pain Syndrome of the Left Knee, Retropatellar Pain Syndrome of the Right Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Shoulder, Right Ankle Strain, Left Ankle Strain, Lumbosacral Strain with Degenerative Joint Disease, Post-Operative Appendectomy Scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1023144
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What this means for you
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