The Board has granted an effective date of April 24, 2007 for the award of service connection for coronary artery disease and found that the Veteran is in need of regular aid and attendance due to his multiple service-connected disabilities. The decision also grants SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran had a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease (IHD) when he filed his service connection claim, which was later found to be at least in equipoise with IHD. The Board granted an effective date of April 24, 2007 for the award of service connection based on this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease (IHD), chronic systolic heart failure, aortic regurgitation, status post aortic valve replacement, chronic atrial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1703551
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Granted
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