The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, but determined that an effective date prior to February 15, 2000 is not warranted.
The deciding factor: No earlier claim for service connection for cause of the veteran's death was received before February 15, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- biventricular failure, congestive heart failure, arteriosclerotic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0603361
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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