The Board granted an effective date of December 5, 2006 for the award of Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) and SMC at the housebound rate based on the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s coronary artery disease alone rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment as evidenced by his retirement from police work due to cardiac issues, which was supported by multiple medical records and a vocational evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144879
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