The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 31, 2010, for the award of service connection for ischemic heart disease is denied as there was no denial of compensation in a decision issued between September 25, 1985 and May 3, 1989, or pending before VA on May 3, 1989, or received by VA between May 3, 1989 and August 31, 2010.
The deciding factor: The effective date of an award for a covered herbicide disease cannot be earlier than the effective date of the liberalizing law establishing a presumption of service connection for the covered disease. In this case, the Veteran's claim was not pending before VA on May 3, 1989, or received by VA between May 3, 1989 and August 31, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2017
- Citation
- 1704141
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- Granted
The Veteran's ischemic heart disease is granted as presumptively related to his service in the Gulf War, specifically aboard the USS Chanticleer and USS Mataco.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, ischemic heart disease, right lower extremity peripheral artery disease, left lower extremity peripheral artery disease, and hypertension as the evidence did not establish an in-service event or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a heart disability prior to his death is granted as he was entitled to accrued benefits due to the September 1994 claim, which included ischemic heart disease, a covered herbicide disease.
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