The Board found that the veteran's arteriosclerotic heart disease does not meet the criteria for a higher rating than 30 percent, as his symptoms do not prevent him from achieving a workload of greater than 5 METs on testing and he generally maintains an ejection fraction above 50%. He has no evidence of congestive heart failure.
The deciding factor: The veteran's arteriosclerotic heart disease does not meet the criteria for a higher rating as his symptoms do not prevent him from achieving a workload of greater than 5 METs on testing and he generally maintains an ejection fraction above 50%. There is no evidence of congestive heart failure.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0807434
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