The Veteran's claim for service connection for dermal and subcutaneous infiltration by small B cell lymphocytes morphologically consistent with chronic lymphocytic leukemia was granted on February 11, 2016. The Board found that the effective date of this grant should be February 11, 2016, as it is the later of the date entitlement arose and the date the claim was filed.
The deciding factor: The effective date for the grant of service connection was determined to be February 11, 2016, based on when the Veteran's initial claim was received by VA.
- Claimed conditions
- dermal and subcutaneous infiltration by small B cell lymphocytes morphologically consistent with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19145382
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.
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