The Board granted an effective date of December 31, 2007 for service connection of aortic aneurysm and aortic stenosis secondary to the appellant's service-connected hypertension. The rating assigned was 100% from October 9, 2014.
The deciding factor: The effective date is set at December 31, 2007 as this is when the clinical evidence first identified the presence of aortic aneurysm and aortic stenosis.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery calcifications, aortic aneurysm, aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18146284
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