The Board has granted an effective date of November 30, 1993 for the veteran's award of nonservice-connected disability pension. The decision is based on new evidence submitted by the veteran in November 1993.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted a claim for nonservice-connected pension in November 1993, which was accepted as an informal claim and considered timely given the medical records showing his disabilities from October 1992. The Board found that this constituted a new claim for pension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive cardiovascular disease, angina
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0125857
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal regarding the proposed effective date for the evaluation of coronary artery disease, angina, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, status post CABG, hypertensive heart disease due to it being premature.
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