The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection were denied as no new evidence was submitted within the applicable appeal periods, and the earliest date of receipt of a claim is considered the effective date.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claims prior to their finality, and the earliest date of receipt of the August 29, 2011 claim is used as the effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pes Planus with Degenerative Joint Disease, Degenerative Changes of the Feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2016
- Citation
- 1633471
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for degenerative changes of the feet and a disability of the thoracolumbar spine, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease has been rated at 30 percent since February 23, 2009.
- Denied
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