The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to finality of prior decisions and lack of new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: The previous denials were final, and no new or material evidence was submitted within one year of the most recent decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Spinal stenosis with degenerative disc disease, disc herniation, Radiculopathy, left lower extremity (sciatic), Radiculopathy, left lower extremity (femoral), Radiculopathy, right lower extremity (sciatic), Radiculopathy, right lower extremity (femoral)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24072841
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Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
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