The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of his ankle condition was denied as the earliest date of receipt of a claim to reopen is July 16, 2008.
The deciding factor: There is no statutory authority that would allow VA to grant the Veteran an effective date earlier than July 16, 2008, for the award of service connection for an ankle condition.
- Claimed conditions
- ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19130859
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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