The veteran's coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction was manifested with a workload of greater than 7 METs but not greater than 10 METs from October 21, 1998 to April 30, 1999. A rating in excess of 10 percent for this period is not warranted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's coronary artery disease did not meet the criteria for a higher than 10 percent evaluation during this time frame as there was no evidence of workload capacity limited to greater than 5 METs but no greater than 7 METs or cardiac hypertrophy/dilatation.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2003
- Citation
- 0306086
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