The veteran's combined service-connected disability rating is calculated as 94 percent, which rounds to 90 percent according to VA regulations. The Board denies the claim for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's combined evaluation of 94 percent does not meet the requirement of being divisible by ten and thus cannot be rounded up to 100 percent as he argues.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral vascular insufficiency of the right lower extremity, peripheral vascular insufficiency of the left lower extremity, coronary artery disease, status post aortocoronary bypass times five and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with right carotid artery occlusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- February 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0105133
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