The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date of compensation for service-connected arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease is denied.,Service connection for a lumbar spine condition and bilateral ankle conditions are denied.,The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral shoulder, knee, and foot conditions are remanded.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient evidence to support an earlier effective date of compensation for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease before November 30, 2011.,Service connection cannot be established as there is no current disability or in-service injury linked by the VA opinions.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral shoulder, knee, and foot conditions require further examination to determine if they are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Lumbar spine condition, Bilateral ankle condition, Left shoulder condition, Right shoulder condition, Bilateral knee condition, Bilateral foot condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142588
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, arthritis of the cervical spine, cervical radiculopathy of the left arm, back disability, left elbow condition, left shoulder condition, left wrist condition, left hand condition, hypertension, and an initial rating of 10 percent for coronary arteriosclerosis prior to September 24, 2024.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the service connection claims for vertigo, dry eye syndrome, and various bilateral conditions due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for vertigo, secondary to tinnitus and a compensable rating for the cesarean section scar. The claims for service connection for left ankle condition, right ankle status post achilles tendon repair, right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, osteoarthritis of both hips, right wrist condition, and left wrist condition were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for GERD and remanded the claims for bilateral ankle, knee, hip, headache, and lower back conditions due to insufficient evidence.
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