The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 31, 2005, for the grant of a 60 percent evaluation for hypertensive cardiovascular disease with right coronary artery infarct.
The deciding factor: It was not factually ascertainable that the veteran experienced an increase in the hypertensive cardiovascular disease during the year prior to February 9, 2005, and there were no formal or informal claims for an increased evaluation between the final April 1997 rating decision and the current January 2005 effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive cardiovascular disease with right coronary artery infarct
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0816700
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
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