DeniedPACT Act
The Board denied the veteran's request for an effective date prior to August 10, 2022, for service connection of lung nodules and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria.
The deciding factor: The effective date for a secondary disability cannot predate the effective date for the primary disability from which it was derived.
- Claimed conditions
- lung nodules, thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25001989
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