The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for various residual scars and a right eye disability, with an effective date of January 2, 2015, but no earlier.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were reasonably encompassed by his initial claim for squamous cell carcinoma in 2015, and the evidence supported the existence of residuals since that time.
- Claimed conditions
- Residual scars, Right eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25040715
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.
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