Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection and TDIU, as well as SMC based on housebound criteria.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier effective date due to lack of formal or informal claim prior to January 27, 2014, and the finality of a previous rating decision in June 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095955
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