The Board has granted an effective date of April 15, 2001 for the grant of service connection and a separate evaluation for valvular heart disease with CAD and severe aortic stenosis requiring CABG x 2.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met all eligibility criteria for the liberalized benefit on the effective date of January 12, 1998, but was not shown as having heart disease at that time. The earliest possible effective date is determined to be April 15, 2001 based on the procedural history.
- Claimed conditions
- valvular heart disease, CAD (Coronary Artery Disease), aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18143026
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a 100 percent rating for valvular heart disease based on MET testing showing that at a workload of 3 METs or less, the condition results in fatigue and breathlessness.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral cataracts, dry eye syndrome, allergic conjunctivitis, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and atrial fibrillation as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by an in-service event.
- Dismissed
The claim for service connection for valvular heart disease is dismissed as the Veteran was granted a full grant of benefits for coronary artery disease, which is considered a full grant of the benefits sought on appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for supraventricular arrhythmia, chronic paronychia, psoriasis and rosacea (claimed as skin condition), pulmonary nodules, and valvular heart disease.
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