The Board granted service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma effective March 15, 2021. The appeal regarding the proposed earlier effective date of August 10, 2022, was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had a prior intent to file a claim in February 2012 and filed an application for reopening his previously denied claim in October 2021, which is considered as the date of claim for effective date purposes. The Board found that the earliest date of entitlement was March 15, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus, right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2023
- Citation
- A23033421
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