The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates were dismissed as the original rating decisions have become final.
The deciding factor: The original rating decisions have already been finalized, and no freestanding earlier effective date claim can be considered in such cases.
- Claimed conditions
- pelvic fracture, healed fracture of right clavicle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176084
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,092 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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