The Veteran's IHD was granted service connection effective October 16, 2007. The RO assigned a 30 percent rating for the disability.,Service connection for LLE and RLE peripheral neuropathy were granted effective June 21, 2012. Each condition received a 20 percent initial rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's IHD did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as it did not result in chronic congestive heart failure (CHF), more than one episode of acute CHF, or left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of less than 30 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD), Left Lower Extremity (LLE) Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity (RLE) Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1759356
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