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The Board has denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of the cause of her husband's death due to hypertension, as the criteria are not met. The effective date remains August 7, 2005.

The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than the date of receipt of the claim or the date entitlement arose, whichever is later. In this case, the earliest possible effective date is August 7, 2006, which was when the appellant submitted her claim for service connection based on the veteran's death.

Claimed conditions
Cerebrovascular accident, Hypertension
How they argued it
Presumptive (no nexus needed)
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
October 29, 2008
Citation
0837259

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