An effective date of October 7, 2014, is granted for the grant of service connection for mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.,Effective dates earlier than July 16, 2013, are denied for the grants of service connection for left lower extremity and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The effective date is determined based on when the condition was first diagnosed or when entitlement arose.,For CKD, an earlier effective date is not granted because there was no prior unadjudicated claim for service connection before July 16, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- Mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, Left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy, Right lower extremity (RLE) peripheral neuropathy, Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20025841
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