The Veteran's claim for an effective date of July 22, 2006, for a 100% evaluation for service-connected coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction is granted. The rating was assigned based on the criteria under Diagnostic Codes 7005-7006.
The deciding factor: The effective date of July 22, 2006, aligns with the Veteran's hospital admission for acute myocardial infarction and vasospastic angina in that month.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease, Myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100656
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.
What you can do next
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