Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 15, 2011, for a 60 percent rating coronary artery disease, status-post myocardial infarction.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence supports that the Veteran continuously pursued his claim and was entitled to presumptive service connection from the date of his initial filing in January 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, status-post myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105308
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