Entitlement to an effective date of April 21, 2021, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for the right shoulder acromioclavicular separation is granted.

Board reasoning

The Board grants an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for the right shoulder acromioclavicular separation, holding that the date of claim is April 21, 2021, the date the intent to file was received, which was preserved by a timely supplemental claim filed within a year. The reasoning notes that the final September 2015 decision prevented an earlier effective date and that continuity of pursuit through the April 2022 HLR confirms the April 21, 2021 date as the later of the preserved claim date and entitlement arising.