The Veteran's claim for service connection of heart conditions was granted with an effective date of June 11, 2020. The claim had been continuously pursued since the receipt of a VA Form 21-0966 on that date.
The deciding factor: The claim was continuously pursued and the earliest valid Intent to File was received on June 11, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- arrhythmia, coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure (to include old myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26020833
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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