The Board granted an earlier effective date for the Veteran's right foot arthritis, setting it to October 29, 2009.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise regarding entitlement to service connection for right foot arthritis prior to April 28, 2015, and the earliest possible date on which the Veteran's initial grant of service connection could be granted was October 29, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21062749
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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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