The Board has granted an effective date of February 16, 1994 for the award of disability benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a cerebrovascular accident with homonymous hemianopsia and heart disability as the result of VA medical treatment.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined to be one year prior to the receipt of the reopened claim, aligning with the liberalizing provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.114(a)(3).
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accident with homonymous hemianopsia, Heart disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0008980
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