The Board denied the Veteran's request for an effective date prior to May 15, 2015 for service connection of coronary artery disease due to lack of a pending claim for a covered herbicide disease and no applicable Nehmer exceptions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a pending claim for a covered herbicide disease before the effective date of August 31, 2010, nor was there any evidence of ischemic heart disease prior to May 15, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19178742
What this means for you
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