The Board denied earlier effective dates for the awards of ratings for muscle injuries of the right thigh, left thigh, and right calf. The earliest date that entitlement arose was July 16, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's April 1985 claim did not identify a request for service connection for specific conditions (muscle injury of the right thigh, left thigh, or right calf), and there was no other such request prior to his July 2014 submission. The earliest date that entitlement arose was therefore July 16, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscle injury of the right thigh, Muscle injury of the left thigh, Muscle injury of the right calf
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20051270
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