The Board has determined that the effective date for a 100 percent rating for constrictive pericarditis with Dressler's syndrome, for purposes of accrued benefits, should be February 3, 1994.
The deciding factor: The veteran had an ongoing claim for service connection for heart disability secondary to his service-connected Hodgkin's lymphoma. The effective date was determined based on the regulatory change establishing a presumption of service connection for Hodgkin's disease due to herbicide exposure, which became effective February 3, 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- constrictive pericarditis with Dressler's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0604813
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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