The Veteran is granted a temporary 100% rating for his service-connected coronary artery disease from April 10, 2015 to August 1, 2015 due to myocardial infarction. From August 1, 2015 onwards, the Veteran's CAD warrants a 60% rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show symptoms of congestive heart failure, a workload of 3 METs or less; or left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction (LVEF) less than 30 percent. The Veteran’s current cardiac functional level is between 3 and 5 METs.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease, Myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142539
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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