The Board granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death based on a medical opinion submitted in May 2000, effective March 29, 2000. The earlier effective date claim was denied as it is legally impossible to get an earlier effective date than when the reopened claim was received.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the December 1973 rating decision denying service connection for the cause of death was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous, and that the March 29, 2000 effective date is correct as it is based on the date of receipt of the application to reopen the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- idiopathic cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0310532
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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.
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