Granted
The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for heart disease and special monthly compensation (SMC) based upon the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, while denying earlier effective dates for service connection for hypertension, heart disease, and left femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were denied earlier effective dates as the date of receipt of claim was August 8, 2023, which is later than the earliest entitlement arose for each condition.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, heart disease (arteriosclerotic heart disease with bradycardia, heart valve replacement, hypertensive heart disease, and status post ablation associated with hypertension), left femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088724
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