The Board has granted restoration of a 60% disability rating for rheumatic heart disease, TDIU, and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's condition had not improved since her last evaluation, but rather remained stable with congestive heart failure and severe dyspnea.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatic heart disease, congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1016992
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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.
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