The veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease is currently rated at 30 percent, but the Board has determined that a higher 100 percent rating should be granted for the full period of appeal.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and medical records show that the veteran's coronary artery disease resulted in severe symptoms such as shortness of breath requiring oxygen, chest pains necessitating Nitroglycerin, occasional dizziness, and ejection fractions between 45-55 percent. The METs score was consistently at or below 3, meeting one of the criteria for a 100% rating under Diagnostic Code 7005.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0319005
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