The Veteran's heart disability is rated at 30 percent from June 1, 2012 onwards. A separate 10 percent rating is granted for a painful surgical scar associated with the heart disability. The matter of entitlement to an additional temporary total evaluation for reimplantation of a cardiac pacemaker is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's heart disability has been rated at 30 percent since June 1, 2012 based on her workload being greater than 5 METs but not greater than 7 METs resulting in dyspnea, fatigue, angina, dizziness or syncope.
- Claimed conditions
- Supraventricular with orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Heart disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148379
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.
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