The appeal regarding earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for LLE femoral radiculopathy and RLE femoral radiculopathy is dismissed. The claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not challenge the initial effective date within one year of the October 2020 rating decision, and no clarification was provided regarding his January 2021 Supplemental Claim challenging the ratings assigned in that decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Femoral radiculopathies, Anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2026
- Citation
- A26027392
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