The Veteran's claim for a bilateral foot injury was granted with an effective date of April 6, 2015. The Board found that the earliest possible effective date is April 6, 2015.
The deciding factor: The decision became final because she did not file a timely appeal from the July 2013 rating decision and the unappealed decision became final in July 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18141763
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