The Veteran's claim for a 100 percent rating for myocardial infarction is denied as the period constituting the month of the myocardial infarction and the three months following entirely predate the effective date of service connection for coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for a 100 percent rating for myocardial infarction is not warranted because the period constituting the month of his myocardial infarction and the three months thereafter entirely predate the effective date of service connection for coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Diabetes Mellitus, Type II"}, {"conditionName":"Coronary Artery Disease (status post myocardial infarction)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2017
- Citation
- 1726142
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What this means for you
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