The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service-connected conditions based on CUE in a December 1983 deferred rating decision.
The deciding factor: The claim was deemed abandoned due to lack of response within one year after the request for evidence, and thus no CUE could be established that would warrant an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle post fracture repair with degenerative arthritis, right knee status post meniscal tear and anterior cruciate ligament tear with degenerative arthritis, residuals of right clavicle fracture and AC joint separation, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, status post vertebral fracture
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019009
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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