The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for alcoholic liver cirrhosis secondary to PTSD was dismissed.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a blood disorder (thrombocytopenia with pancytopenia and chronic cholelithiasis) was denied.
The deciding factor: The effective date for the grant of service connection for alcoholic liver cirrhosis secondary to PTSD is final as it was not appealed. The Veteran's claim for a blood disorder (thrombocytopenia with pancytopenia and chronic cholelithiasis) did not arise until June 1, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- alcoholic liver cirrhosis, thrombocytopenia with pancytopenia and chronic cholelithiasis (also claimed as anemia)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1747519
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- Remanded (sent back)
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