Dismissed
The appeal for earlier effective dates for various service-connected conditions was denied or dismissed due to the lack of legal basis.
The deciding factor: There is no increase in disability rating that would allow an earlier effective date, and severance of service connection for gastritis bars any subsequent grant of an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- gastritis, GERD with gastritis, psychogenic bruxism, psychiatric disability (combined), back disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102048
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