The Veteran's service connection claims for various disabilities were granted, but an effective date earlier than January 13, 2017 is denied.
The deciding factor: No formal claim was received within a year of the March 2009 letter acknowledging his informal claim. The earliest receipt of a formal application form was on January 13, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine disc herniation, right shoulder labral and rotator cuff tears/bursitis, left shoulder labral and rotator cuff tears/bursitis, left shoulder scar, lumbosacral spine degenerative disk disease, mid/low back scar, peripheral neuropathy of the left sciatic nerve, peripheral neuropathy of the left external popliteal/anterior tibial/anterior crural nerves, peripheral neuropathy of the right sciatic nerve, left knee status post meniscal tear, left knee scar, right knee status post meniscal repair, right knee scar, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21075440
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal as it found that the benefits originally sought have been granted in full, and thus there is no longer a specific error of fact or law to address.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a compensable disability rating for his service-connected right knee scar was withdrawn by the Veteran and his authorized representative.,The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to a compensable disability rating for migraine headaches, service connection for a lower back condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee condition, service connection for a right hip condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee condition, and service connection for a right lower extremity nerve condition as secondary to the Veteran's claimed lower back condition.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection for various wrist and elbow conditions, finding that the Veteran did not submit the correct form within one year of receiving a decision.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for all issues related to service connection and rating decisions from February 2017, May 2019, and November 2019 due to untimely Notice of Disagreement filings.
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