The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of nonischemic cardiomyopathy as secondary to hypertension was denied because the disability arose after February 5, 2008, when service connection for hypertension was granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection for nonischemic cardiomyopathy was granted on a secondary basis to service-connected hypertension, and the effective date for hypertension is February 5, 2008. The Veteran's claim cannot be found to have arisen prior to this effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- nonischemic cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2013
- Citation
- 1312716
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