The Veteran's WPW was granted a 30 percent disability rating effective May 15, 2014. The Board also found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for an increased rating or service connection for sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's WPW manifested by symptoms overall productive of a workload of no greater than seven METs with dyspnea, fatigue, angina, dizziness, or syncope; and an LVEF of 30 to 50 is not shown.
- Claimed conditions
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1630735
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