The Veteran's coronary artery disease is currently rated at 60 percent, and the Board finds that this rating adequately reflects his disability. The evidence does not support a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s coronary artery disease meets the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7005, but there is no evidence of more than one episode of acute congestive heart failure in the past year or left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction between 30 and 50 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder cancer, Respiratory disability, Migraine, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1451178
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What this means for you
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