The Veteran's effective date for SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted as May 29, 2001, but no earlier. The decision was made due to the date of claim being later than the date of entitlement.
The deciding factor: The effective date is determined by the date of claim rather than the date of entitlement because the date of claim is later in this case.
- Claimed conditions
- PID
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20024184
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to conflicting medical opinions and the need for additional information regarding the Veteran's PID diagnosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for PID, hysterectomy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to in-service conditions. The claims are intertwined as the outcome of one could affect another.
- Granted
The Veteran's PID, secondary infertility, adhesions with abdominal pain, and left salpingostomy are rated at a 10 percent rating since May 6, 2015.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PID and has denied service connection for PID. The issues of service connection for abdominal pain and a skin disorder, to include hives are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.
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