The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 1, 2011, for initial disability ratings and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) but denied earlier effective dates or increased ratings for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the criteria for entitlement to a higher rating under the applicable VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure and mitral regurgitation, diabetes mellitus, type 2, with erectile dysfunction, chronic kidney disease with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25049339
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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