The Veteran's claim for an initial rating of 10 percent for pericarditis was granted, effective July 13, 2005. The effective date is not specified as the claim was received prior to the expiration of the appeal period.
The deciding factor: Service connection for pericarditis was established based on new and material evidence received after a final denial in August 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- pericarditis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1528531
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pericarditis, finding that there is no current diagnosis of this condition and noting that the Veteran did not present any signs or symptoms qualifying as an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness under Persian Gulf War presumptive provisions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a heart disability, finding that the Veteran's conditions are not related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted the restoration of a 100 percent evaluation for pericarditis and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, effective November 1, 2024.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the October 2022 rating decision finding no new and relevant evidence to readjudicate the claim for service connection for myocardial infarction, myocarditis, and pericarditis was dismissed as procedurally defective.
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