The Veteran's claim for a blood disorder, thrombocytopenia with pancytopenia and chronic cholelithiasis (anemia) was denied. The effective date of the award of service connection for alcoholic liver cirrhosis secondary to PTSD is fixed at June 1, 2012.
The deciding factor: The claim arose on June 1, 2012 when service connection was granted for alcoholic liver cirrhosis secondary to PTSD, and thus an earlier effective date is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- blood disorder, thrombocytopenia with pancytopenia and chronic cholelithiasis (anemia), alcoholic liver cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1645080
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