The Veteran's claim for service connection for ischemic coronary artery disease was received on March 13, 2009. The effective date of the award is set to this date as it is later than when entitlement arose.
The deciding factor: The earliest possible effective date assignable under VA regulations is the date the Veteran filed his claim (March 13, 2009), and there was no prior informal or formal claim received before that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1629286
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
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