The Veteran's congestive cardiomyopathy was manifested by a workload of greater than 3 METs and left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction between 30 and 50 percent, without chronic congestive heart failure prior to April 14, 2015. The criteria for a rating in excess of 60 percent were not met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's workload was greater than 3 METs and his left ventricular ejection fraction was between 30-50% without chronic congestive heart failure prior to April 14, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Congestive Cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1735390
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