The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy of the left and right lower extremities were denied. The RO assigned May 8, 2001 as the earliest possible effective date based on liberalizing legislation that allowed for presumptive service connection.,The Veteran's original claims for these conditions were received in August 2001, which is after the effective date of the liberalizing law.
The deciding factor: The effective dates assigned are based on the liberalizing legislation allowing for presumptive service connection and the earliest possible effective date provided by law.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1728875
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