The Board has determined that the veteran's arteriosclerotic heart disease and varicose veins do not warrant an evaluation higher than the current 60 percent rating under either the pre-amendment or amended regulations.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating based on the veteran's cardiovascular status, which is currently rated as 60 percent disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease, varicose veins
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0205408
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a neck condition, plantar fasciitis, left ankle condition, and varicose veins to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed and that the Veteran is afforded every possible consideration.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease, finding that the evidence is within approximate balance that it was caused by toxic exposure during service in Southwest Asia.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for an increased rating for varicose veins and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Dismissed
The appeals regarding the deferred claims for service connection for varicose veins and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are dismissed as there was no final adjudicative determination to which a Notice of Disagreement could be filed.
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