The Board has granted an earlier effective date of July 1, 2020 for the award of a 100 percent rating for acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease status post coronary artery bypass graft. The Veteran is also entitled to SMC from July 1, 2020.
The deciding factor: The severity of the Veteran's heart disability increased within one year prior to his claim for an earlier effective date, and the evidence shows that it more nearly approximated the criteria for a 100 percent evaluation before January 29, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction, Coronary artery disease with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease status post coronary artery bypass graft
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24067574
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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