Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection and special monthly compensation, as no evidence supported a claim prior to June 27, 2011.
The deciding factor: The statutory and regulatory guidelines do not allow for an earlier effective date due to the one-year filing requirement post-discharge, which cannot be equitably tolled.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, status post prostatectomy with urinary incontinence and artificial urinary sphincter, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019007
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