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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 896 · Granted: 51% (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
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, degenerative arthritis of the spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy associated with his lumbar spine disability, tinnitus, and coronary artery disease, status-post myocardial infarction, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment from April 8, 2014 to May 29, 2018. The Board has granted TDIU for this period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim of entitlement to an effective date earlier than February 8, 2010 for service-connected coronary artery disease, status-post myocardial infarction is being remanded due to the need for issuance of a Statement of Case (SOC).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks reimbursement for private medical services provided at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center. The case is being remanded to determine if the earlier effective date claim should be resolved first, and then to consider both 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725 and § 1728 in determining eligibility for reimbursement.
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