hypertension Effective Date Of Claim

[Ricky]

In Feb 03 I filed a claim for an increased rating for a back problem. My back injury was SC at zero percent. In a July 05 rating VA denied my claim. I submitted a NOD in Aug 05. In Jan 06 VA approved a 10 percent rating for my back with an effective date of Jan 06. I think the effective date should have been Feb 03 the date of the original claim. I did not miss any dates for the NOD ect......... The same rating approved an increase in my SC hypertension from 10 to 20 percent effective Feb 03. I do not know what they did. Should I file another NOD on the effective date? Thanks

Ricky

Forgot to mention: The back claim is included in my Feb 06 formal appeal (VA9). However, the only issue appealed was the rating percentage. I feel it should have been 20 percent vs the 10 they gave. I did not notice the effective date until last night while reviewing my claim. Will a NOD mess up my formal appeal? how should I handle this. Thanks

Edited July 25, 2006 by Ricky

[Magoo_Mr.]

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Berta:

Those old and new training letters will help very much also ...

Thanks a bunch ...

... Magoo .. aka .. Bill ...

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