• My initial claim for Larynx Operation was submitted March 24 1999.
• The addendum sent with the March 24, 1999 claim is in my VA record and can verify that Larynx Operation is one of the issues I claimed March 24, 1999.
• The St. Petersburg Florida Regional Office had my March 24, 1999 claim for Larynx Operation and other issues for ten years without taking any action.
• After ten years of no action on my March 24, 1999 claim, I submitted another claim September 14, 2009.
• On October 15, 2009 the St. Petersburg Florida Regional Office mailed a notice to me stating they were working on my claim. It listed all the issues I claimed on the September 14, 2009 claim which are the same issues I claimed on the March 24, 1999 claim.
• On January 6, 2010 the St. Petersburg Florida Regional Office mailed a second notice to me, this time stating they had received my claim. This second notice listed the rest of the issues from the March 24, 1999 claim.
• The issues they added are not on the September 14, 2009 claim. They were from my March 24, 1999 claim.
• They had found my initial claim from March 24, 1999.
• Larynx Operation is listed on the initial March 24, 1999 claim and on the September 14, 2011 claim.
• The RATING DECISION of July 29, 2011 backdated all awards (0% and up) to the date I submitted my initial claim (March 24, 1999).
• The July 29, 2011 Rating Decision deferred three issues: Residual of Larynx Operation, Psoriasis Elbows, and Chronic Headaches.
• The above three deferred issues are claimed on my initial claim of March 24, 1999. Residual of Larynx Operation is also on my September 14, 2009 claim.
• The May 9, 2013 Rating Decision awarded 0% for Chronic Headaches backdated to March 24, 1999. The initial date of my claim.
• A deferred issue on the July 29, 2011 rating decision.
• The May 9, 2013 Rating Decision awarded 0% for Psoriasis, Elbows backdated to March 24, 1999. The initial date of my claim.
• A deferred issue on the July 29, 2011 rating decision.
• The May 9, 2013 Rating Decision awarded 10% for Residual of Larynx Operation backdated to September 14, 2009 (A deferred issue on the July 29, 2011 rating decision).
• Larynx Operation is listed on that initial March 24, 1999 claim and on the September 14, 2011 claim.
• The 10% award is given a later effective date (September 14, 2009) than the 0% awards are given (not the date of the initial claim for Larynx Operation).
• The claim for Larynx Operation had never been adjudicated, not until the May 9, 2013 decision.
• The award should be backdated to the date of the initial claim for Larynx Operation, March 24, 1999.
From the outline above, can anyone advise as to whether or not I have a case for appeal.