The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death, finding that the appellant did not meet eligibility criteria for a retroactive award due to the liberalizing law being applied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the appellant met all eligibility criteria for the liberalized benefit on March 26, 2002 and such eligibility existed continuously from that date to the date of claim or administrative determination of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain Tumor, Grade four astrocytoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2021
- Citation
- 21010679
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