The Board has determined that an effective date earlier than June 14, 2004 for the grant of service connection for venous insufficiency of the bilateral lower extremities is denied as there was no prior claim filed before this date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for service connection for venous insufficiency of the bilateral lower extremities prior to June 14, 2004. The effective date will be fixed in accordance with the facts found and shall not be earlier than the date of receipt of application therefor.
- Claimed conditions
- venous insufficiency of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1538436
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- Denied
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