The Veteran's service-connected myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease with ischemia was granted an initial rating of 60 percent. The other issues were either denied or remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders (PTSD, depressive disorder, NOS, and generalized anxiety disorder) was established based on medical evidence linking his current conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, shell fragment wound (SFW) of the dorsum of the right foot with retained foreign bodies (RFBs) and fracture of the lateral area of the cuneiform (SFW right foot), peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, to include sciatic, external popliteal, and posterior tibial nerves (PN LLE), numbness of the dorsum of the right foot and hyperesthesia of the right leg involving the anterior tibial nerve, to include diabetic peripheral neuropathy involving the sciatic nerve, external popliteal nerve, and posterior tibial nerve (PN RLE), myocardial infarction, to include coronary artery disease with ischemia (MI)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178362
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