The Veteran's claim for diabetes mellitus type II was received by VA on September 22, 2009. The effective date of service connection is set at September 22, 2008.,The Veteran's claim for coronary artery disease was received by VA on September 22, 2009. The earliest evidence of a diagnosis and entitlement to service connection arose in 2007, but the effective date cannot be earlier than September 22, 2009.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for coronary artery disease was received after the effective date of the liberalizing law that added ischemic heart disease as a presumptive condition due to herbicide exposure. Therefore, an earlier effective date is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2015
- Citation
- 1510066
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for coronary artery disease is being remanded due to the inadequacy of a previous VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for coronary artery disease, hypertension, and stroke as there was no evidence of herbicide agent exposure during service and the medical opinions were against a nexus to service.
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