Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for asbestosis, as it was a freestanding claim and not continuously pursued within one year of the initial decision.
The deciding factor: The claim must be dismissed due to the prohibition against filing freestanding earlier effective date claims after the appeal period has expired.
- Claimed conditions
- asbestosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25084996
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