The Board found that new evidence submitted since the August 1998 rating action, while new and relevant to reopening the claim for service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease, is not sufficient to establish a direct link between the veteran's current condition and his military service. The veteran now claims that his chest pain during active duty was the first manifestation of his heart disease or hypertension, but there is no medical evidence supporting this claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence does not provide a more significant picture of the origin of arteriosclerotic heart disease, and the veteran's lay opinions are insufficient to establish causation without corroboration from competent medical sources.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0204301
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The Veteran's arteriosclerotic heart disease was granted a permanent and total 100 percent evaluation from May 4, 2018, but no earlier. Special monthly compensation at the housebound rate was also granted from August 17, 2022, but no earlier.
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