The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for coronary artery disease and PTSD are dismissed as a matter of law. The Board finds that these matters must be dismissed because the Veteran did not timely perfect an appeal of the original rating decisions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not submitted a motion for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the original rating decisions, which is required to establish a freestanding claim for an earlier effective date. Rudd v. Nicholson, 20 Vet. App. 296 (2006).
- Claimed conditions
- occlusion and stenosis of the carotid artery, coronary artery disease (CAD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1802810
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with social anxiety disorder and PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) and remanded the claim for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
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