The Board has determined that the appellant's August 1995 application for SSA death benefits constitutes a joint claim with VA, and thus an effective date of July 1, 1995 is granted for the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The Board found reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant regarding her August 1995 application to SSA as a joint claim with VA, and thus determined that it constituted an effective date of July 1, 1995 based on the date of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac hypertrophy, mild calcific atherosclerosis of all the coronary arteries, mild atherosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802358
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What this means for you
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