Granted
The Board grants an earlier effective date of March 24, 2023, for the awards of service connection for lung cancer, kidney cancer, and liver cancer.
The deciding factor: The March 24, 2023, VA Form 20-0995 can reasonably be construed as an incomplete application form for service connection for lung cancer. The Veteran's complete application was received within one year of the receipt of the incomplete application form, thus the date of claim is March 24, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- small cell lung cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25101569
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