The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 23, 2016, for right distal forearm residual of fight forearm scar (painful) is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date of April 1, 2014, but no earlier, for left elbow scar is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the earliest effective dates for the conditions were not prior to the specified dates due to lack of evidence or claims filed before those dates.
- Claimed conditions
- Right distal forearm residual of right forearm scar (painful), Left elbow scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2023
- Citation
- 23042243
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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