Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 7, 2022, for the award of service connection for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran effectively requested an extension of time to file his claim after the intent to file at the time of his January 2024 Board hearing and showed good cause for late filing of his April 21, 2023 service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD), Hypertension, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088753
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