Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diarrhea, as no communication indicating a formal or informal claim for this condition was received prior to March 18, 2024.
The deciding factor: No evidence of a claim or intent to file earlier than the March 2024 claim/intent to file was found in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- diarrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25101407
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