The Board has granted a higher rating of 30 percent for the veteran's hypertensive heart disease, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed slight enlargement of the left atrium and an ejection fraction between 30 and 50 percent, which more nearly approximated the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7007 (hypertensive heart disease).
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive heart disease, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, right shoulder impingement syndrome with acromioplasty, degenerative arthritis, and scar, right knee retropatellar femoral syndrome, left knee retropatellar femoral syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636903
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a heart condition to obtain an addendum opinion from a VA clinician regarding whether the Veteran's current heart condition is related to service, including in-service treatment for hypertension.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, degenerative arthritis, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension was dismissed due to non-compliance with claims processing rules.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a higher rating in excess of the current ratings for various musculoskeletal conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable evaluation for hypertension and granted an increased rating of 20 percent for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease from April 13, 2022. The effective date for the right lower extremity radiculopathy was also granted as May 10, 2016.
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