The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2019, for the award of accrued benefits for service connection for a heart disability.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined based on the latest of the three specified dates under 38 C.F.R. § 3.400(g).
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, implanted cardiac pacemaker, coronary artery bypass graft
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24065072
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.
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