United States Federal Circuit

Veterans Court's decision affirming the Board of Veteran's Appeals decision denying claimant an earlier effective date for service-connected disability benefits is vacated and remanded as a later abandoned claim cannot render final an earlier-filed unadjudicated claim, and because the 1980 claim was not final, all subsequent claims, correspondence, and medical evidence are part of that claim for consideration by VA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2009
• Published 12/01/2009

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• United States Federal Circuit

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