The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 6, 2010 for the award of service connection for lumbar herniated disc at L5-S1. The Veteran's claim was received by VA on October 6, 2010, and he did not file a valid appeal within one year from that date.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date of claim due to the provisions in the law regarding effective dates for service connection awards.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar herniated disc at L5-S1, fecal leakage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1515169
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