The Board granted a 70 percent rating for dysthymia effective from April 11, 1997. The veteran's claim of service connection for cardiovascular disease was also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection for cardiovascular disease was established based on the evidence of record and the veteran's history of psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disease, status post myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, pacemaker placement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 2, 2005
- Citation
- 0502466
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Decisions by this judge: 541 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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