The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of nonservice-connected pension benefits was denied as there is no evidence that he filed a retroactive claim within one year from when he became permanently disabled.
The deciding factor: There is no clear evidence to rebut the presumption of regularity regarding the receipt and processing of the Veteran's claims, leading to the denial of an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1400950
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