Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection for both a back disability and a psychiatric disability, finding no clear and unmistakable error in prior rating decisions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the errors alleged by the Veteran did not compel the conclusion that the results would have been manifestly different but for the errors.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004258
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