The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date, finding that the February 7, 2000 petition to reopen claims of service connection for bilateral foot and ankle disabilities is the earliest effective date.
The deciding factor: The Appellant did not file any prior communication indicating intent to reopen these claims or request service connection for these disabilities before February 7, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot and ankle disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1026808
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