The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of service connection for end-stage renal failure cannot be earlier than September 1, 2011, as there is no evidence showing a formal or informal claim was received by VA prior to this date.
The deciding factor: The effective date for a claim of service connection is determined based on when the claim was received by VA, not by an authorized representative's submission. The earliest documented receipt of a claim was September 1, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- End-stage renal failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 27, 2014
- Citation
- 1408530
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