The Board denied the appellant's request for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for residuals of a left nephrectomy, as neither the Veteran nor the appellant filed a timely challenge to the assigned effective date before his death.
The deciding factor: Neither the Veteran nor the appellant challenged the assigned effective date within one year after it became final.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left nephrectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2013
- Citation
- 1336125
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