The Veteran's claim for service connection for acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction to include coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (angioplasty) and angina is granted with an effective date of March 26, 2019. The Veteran also seeks an earlier effective date for this grant, which the Board finds warranted based on his submission of a proper VA Form 20-0995.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a proper VA Form 20-0995 with regard to his claim of service connection for hypertensive vascular disease, which can also be construed as a claim for a heart disability. The Board finds this constitutes the date of claim and an effective date of March 26, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction to include coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (angioplasty), angina
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24085553
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