The Veteran's claim for chronic systolic congestive heart failure was denied as there is no evidence of a service-connected condition prior to September 10, 2021.
The deciding factor: The effective date could not be earlier than the date of receipt of the supplemental claim due to the one-year rule.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic systolic congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24057358
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