Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to April 22, 2021, for the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an earlier effective date as more than one year had passed since the initial denial in March 2017 and the Veteran did not continuously pursue the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease to include, acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction, stable angina, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, implanted AICD, paroxysmal A-fib
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020937
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