The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10% evaluation of his service-connected chronic laryngitis, finding that there was no evidence to support such an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence to support an earlier effective date for the Veteran's service-connected chronic laryngitis as it did not increase in severity within one year prior to May 25, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic laryngitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20005276
What this means for you
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