The Board denied the Appellant's requests for earlier effective dates for DIC benefits and service connection for status post myocardial infarction with congestive heart failure. The effective date for DIC benefits was set at March 1, 2006, as it is the first day of the month in which the Veteran died. For service connection, the Board found that there is no evidence to support an earlier effective date than May 5, 1994.
The deciding factor: The earliest medical record indicating a diagnosis of coronary artery disease was from May 1994, and this is considered the onset date for the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- status post myocardial infarction with congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18148614
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