The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, which was granted in May 1999 based on new and material evidence. The RO assigned an effective date of August 15, 1994.
The deciding factor: The effective date can be no earlier than the date entitlement arose, which is later determined to be the date the veteran filed his claim for service connection in May 1993.
- Claimed conditions
- paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2001
- Citation
- 0121183
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, is granted as presumptively related to his in-service exposure at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB. Service connection for chronic renal disease, anemia, and paroxysmal atrial tachycardia are also granted based on their proximate relationship to service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment during the period from January 24, 2008 through September 8, 2009.
- Denied
The Board denied readjudication of the claim for service connection for paroxysmal atrial tachycardia because no new and relevant evidence was received, despite the Veteran submitting VA treatment records and a personal statement.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU is denied as he was employed prior to May 19, 2009 and his service-connected disabilities did not render him unemployable at that time.
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