Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for lumbar radiculopathy with two-millimeter posterior disc bulges at L4-5 and L5-S1 and hemorrhoids, finding that April 23, 2001 was the earliest possible effective date.
The deciding factor: The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the February 1987 rating decision that denied service connection for these disabilities, as there was no evidence of record at the time to support a grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar radiculopathy with two-millimeter posterior disc bulges at L4-5 and L5-S1, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017537
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