The Board granted an effective date of August 14, 2022, for the award of service connection for gallbladder cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued the claim by timely and properly filing a supplemental claim after each rating decision issued by VA within one year of the initial denial, thus meeting the criteria for an earlier effective date under 38 C.F.R. § 3.2500.
- Claimed conditions
- gallbladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25027911
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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