The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected hypertensive cardiovascular disease, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show more than one episode of acute congestive heart failure in the past year or a workload greater than 3 METs resulting in dyspnea, fatigue, angina, dizziness, or syncope to support a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive cardiovascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 13, 2003
- Citation
- 0308950
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