DeniedPACT Act
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), coronary artery disease, and status post myocardial infarction.
The deciding factor: The effective date cannot be earlier than August 10, 2022, due to the PACT Act's retroactive provisions only applying from its effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), coronary artery disease, and status post myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091687
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