The appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of arteriosclerotic heart disease/coronary artery disease was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of the appeal, and claims do not survive the death of the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease/coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004143
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 178 · Granted: 37% (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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's initial rating for arteriosclerotic heart disease/coronary artery disease associated with right bundle block branch (heart disease) is denied as the evidence does not show that he had heart failure symptoms from a workload of 5.0 METs or less.,The Veteran's increased rating for diabetes mellitus type two (diabetes) is denied as medical management of his diabetes does not require regulation of activities, and there are no compensable complications.,The Veteran's increased rating for hypertension is denied as the evidence shows that his diastolic blood pressure has never been predominantly 110 or more, or systolic pressure has never been predominantly 200 or more.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for arteriosclerotic heart disease/coronary artery disease, prostate cancer residuals with radical prostatectomy residuals, and Type II diabetes mellitus are all granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service near the Korean DMZ.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for earlier effective date of October 16, 2020, for the grant of service connection for coronary artery bypass graft to include arteriosclerotic heart disease/coronary artery disease and acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction is granted. The effective date is based on the Veteran's herbicide exposure during his service at Udorn RTAFB.
- Granted
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