The Board granted service connection for ischemic heart disease on a presumptive basis under Nehmer, effective from the date of the Veteran's initial claim in January 2002.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran was TDY to Vietnam during his deployment to Thailand, and given the proximity in time between the claim for heart disability and a diagnosis of coronary artery disease, it is reasonable to conclude that he had CAD at the time of the January 2002 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease (IHD)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25055230
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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