The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for cause of death, finding that the evidence did not show entitlement to such prior to April 24, 2012.
The deciding factor: The STRs in question were part of the claims file at the time a June 2002 rating decision was issued and do not contain any information or evidence relevant to whether the Veteran's service-connected disability caused or contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2023
- Citation
- 23003903
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for cause of death due to lack of relevant records in the file at the time of the initial denial, and found that the April 24, 2012 request to reopen the claim was not based on new evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for cause of the Veteran's death, finding that the January 2008 rating decision became final and no exception to finality applies in this case. The appellant submitted her request to reopen the previously denied claim on April 24, 2012, and the evidence establishing the Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans contributed to his death was received in December 2013.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for cause of death due to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans and hypertension, finding that the evidence did not show a causal link between these conditions and the Veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for a back disability, but has remanded the issues of service connection for coronary artery disease, bilateral lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans (secondary to coronary artery disease), and hypertension. The Veteran's TDIU claim is also remanded.
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