The Veteran's CAD, status post CABG, is currently rated at 60 percent and the evidence does not support a higher rating.,The Veteran's residual surgical scarring associated with CAD status post CABG has been rated as noncompensable.,The Veteran's hypertension has required continuous management by medications but has never met the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7101.,The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently rated at 10 percent and does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on pure tone threshold average or speech discrimination rate.,The Veteran's chronic atrial fibrillation has been rated at 30 percent and factors warranting extraschedular consideration are neither shown nor alleged.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran’s CAD, status post CABG, meets the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 7017.,The Veteran's scar has been rated as noncompensable because it does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Codes 7801-7805.,The Veteran’s hypertension has required continuous management by medications but his blood pressure readings have never met the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7101.,The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on pure tone threshold average or speech discrimination rate.,The Veteran's chronic atrial fibrillation has been rated at 30 percent and factors warranting extraschedular consideration are neither shown nor alleged.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), status post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), Residual surgical scarring, status post CABG, Hypertension, Bilateral hearing loss, Chronic atrial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19113141
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