The veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of residuals of rectal cancer was denied. The effective date remains August 10, 2022.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be prior to the PACT Act's effective date of August 10, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of rectal cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25001957
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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