The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 28, 2019 for the award of service connection for degenerative arthritis with IVDS.
The deciding factor: The Veteran continuously pursued his claim since October 28, 2019, and the evidence supports that this is the earliest appropriate effective date under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091071
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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