The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for right hip DJD is denied as it was not received within one year after separation from service, and the earliest possible effective date is June 21, 2006.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a claim within one year of discharge from service or for many years thereafter. The earliest possible effective date is the date of receipt of his original claim on June 21, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip degenerative joint disease (DJD), cervical spine fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1120290
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