The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than August 31, 2003, for a 10% disability evaluation for service-connected left quadriceps strain. The earliest possible effective date was assigned based on when the disability may have first met the criteria for a 10% rating.
The deciding factor: The RO assigned an effective date of August 31, 2003, which is one year prior to the Veteran's claim for increased evaluation, and this assignment is considered factually ascertainable as it was when the disability may have first met the criteria for a 10% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left quadriceps strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1122036
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left quadriceps strain, finding that the Veteran's current condition is etiologically related to his in-service injury.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left foot condition and left quadriceps strain, finding that there is at least an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding these conditions and their causality to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no evidence to support the appellant's claims of service connection for left quadriceps strain, tension headaches, neck disability, mid-back disability, and low back disability. The claims were denied as there was not a clear preponderance of the evidence supporting these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The case is remanded to address a potential claim of clear and unmistakable error in a previous rating decision that reduced the evaluation for left quadriceps strain, which may impact the effective date of the increased disability rating.
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