The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating prior to August 22, 2016 for bilateral hearing loss and denied his claim for a compensable rating in excess of 10 percent prior to May 30, 2019 and a rating in excess of 60 percent thereafter for coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew the appeal for the issue of entitlement to a compensable rating prior to August 22, 2016 for bilateral hearing loss. For the claim of entitlement to a compensable rating in excess of 10 percent prior to May 30, 2019 and a rating in excess of 60 percent thereafter for coronary artery disease, there was no evidence showing chronic congestive heart failure, a workload of less than 7 METs resulting in dyspnea, fatigue, angina, dizziness, or syncope, or left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of less than 30 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159977
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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