The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 60 percent rating for hypertensive cardiac disease was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show an increase in severity of the condition prior to July 25, 2014.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show an increase in severity of the Veteran's hypertensive cardiac disease before July 25, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive cardiac disease, ascending aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18155423
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable evaluation for his service-connected ascending aortic aneurysm, as there was no evidence of the aneurysm being 5 centimeters in diameter, symptomatic, or requiring surgery.
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