The Veteran's claim for service connection for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease stage 3 and secondary to his service-connected leishmaniasis was granted with a 100% rating effective September 17, 2019. The Board denied an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The claim for service connection was submitted after February 19, 2019, and the effective date is based on the later of either the date of claim or the date of entitlement. As the claim date is the latter of the two, the effective date cannot be earlier than September 17, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease stage 3 (liver disease), Leishmaniasis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 5, 2023
- Citation
- A23027695
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