The Board has determined that the reduction of the rating for the Veteran's CAD from 100% to 60% effective as of June 1, 2012 was not proper.,The May 2008 rating decision denying service connection for PTSD is final. The claim has been reopened and new evidence received since that time raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: There was no clear and unmistakable evidence that the initial rating for CAD was incorrect, and there was no improvement in the Veteran's disorder.,The additional documentation submitted since the May 2008 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1826686
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