Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to August 10, 2022 for the award of service connection for valvular heart disease with cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and male testis hypogonadism.
The deciding factor: The earliest possible claim was received on August 18, 2021, but entitlement to service connection arose on August 10, 2022, the effective date of the PACT Act, making an earlier effective date not legally permissible.
- Claimed conditions
- valvular heart disease with cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, male testis hypogonadism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107055
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