The reduction of the rating for service-connected coronary artery disease from 60 percent to 30 percent, effective September 1, 2012, was not proper. The Veteran's underlying heart disability has improved, but this improvement is not reflected in the evidence on file at the time of the June 2012 reduction decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a medical basis for determining that the left ventricular ejection fraction test results from November 2011 best approximated the state of the Veteran's cardiac function, and no reexamination was conducted to assess the current workload level.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, bilateral avascular femoral necrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- May 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1617408
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