The Board has granted an effective date of May 27, 2003 for the grant of service connection for multi-infarct dementia for accrued benefits purposes.
The deciding factor: The earliest effective date that can be granted is the date of receipt of the informal claim for service connection on May 27, 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- multi-infarct dementia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2012
- Citation
- 1222941
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
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