The Board has granted a 100% disability rating for the veteran's cardiovascular disability, including valvular heart disease with a history of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. The effective date is not specified as it was granted based on new evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran's cardiovascular disability, including his prosthetic heart valve and coronary artery bypass grafting, has resulted in severe limitations that preclude him from engaging in any type of work due to the need for chronic anti-coagulation therapy and sternal instability.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0014807
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