The Veteran's appeal for an effective date earlier than December 13, 2017, for the awards of service connection for lumbar degenerative arthritis with strain and residuals of fractured coccyx was denied.,The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating greater than 20 percent for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with strain and residuals of fractured coccyx is remanded.
The deciding factor: The effective date of service connection cannot be earlier than December 13, 2017, as the Veteran did not submit new evidence after VA sent him a letter in May 2011 instructing him to do so until December 13, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with strain, residuals of fractured coccyx
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24081007
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