The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to lack of evidence showing an earlier claim was filed.
The deciding factor: There is no documented or otherwise averred communication that provides an earlier date of claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic insomnia, anemia with thrombocytopenia and cryoglobulinemia, osteoporosis lumbar spine, osteoporosis left tibial plateau and left hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2016
- Citation
- 1635689
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, including chronic insomnia, is remanded due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of his condition.
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