The Board denied the Veteran's requests for an effective date prior to August 5, 2009, for the grant of service connection for bladder cancer and SMC for loss of use of a creative organ. The effective dates were found to be August 5, 2009.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no earlier formal or informal communication indicating intent to apply for benefits prior to August 5, 2009, and the date entitlement arose is July 25, 2011. The effective dates were therefore not earlier than August 5, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic urothelial carcinoma (bladder cancer), loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2022
- Citation
- 22019226
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