The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of right and left foot instability, finding that the earliest possible effective date is April 20, 2001.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any prior unadjudicated claims or intent to apply for increased rating before April 20, 2001, which led to service connection for bilateral foot instability.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot instability, left foot instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24052099
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection and initial increased ratings for various conditions, as well as remanded several issues for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of October 5, 1998, for service connection for right foot instability and left foot instability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right foot disability as secondary to his service-connected left foot disability, finding no current diagnosis of a right foot disability and insufficient evidence linking it to his service or service-connected condition.
- Granted
The Board has vacated its previous decisions and dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his legacy system appeal in favor of opting into the AMA appeal system.
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