The Board has granted an effective date of January 22, 2014 for the grant of service connection and SMC for loss of use of both feet. The Veteran's claim was filed on this date.
The deciding factor: The earliest date that could serve as a basis for the award of service connection and SMC for loss of use of both feet is January 22, 2014, based on the Veteran's own reports of his condition at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19189354
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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