Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of service connection and initial ratings for various disabilities, except for a 30 percent rating granted for the cervical spine disability starting from August 10, 2022.
The deciding factor: The claims were not supported by evidence indicating an intent to file prior to August 10, 2022, and thus the earliest possible effective date was August 10, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, left lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, right lower extremity femoral radiculopathy, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018267
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