The Veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease with ischemic cardiomyopathy was received on August 25, 2009. The effective date of the grant of service connection is therefore set at that date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit a formal or informal claim for service connection prior to August 25, 2009, and thus the earliest possible effective date is assigned based on when the claim was received.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with ischemic cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1406423
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