The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than August 26, 2006 for the grant of service connection for chorioretinitis, left eye. The effective date is set at August 26, 2006 as this represents the date of receipt of the claim.
The deciding factor: The claim was denied because no earlier unadjudicated claim for service connection for left side chorioretinitis was filed by the Veteran prior to August 26, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- chorioretinitis, left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1029251
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