The Veteran's low back disability is granted service connection. The initial evaluation for his coronary artery disease prior to June 27, 2019 was denied, but he received a rating of 60 percent or higher from that date onwards.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's low back disability is related to service and granted service connection. For his coronary artery disease, the Board noted that the Veteran required continuous medication for the condition but did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 10 percent prior to June 27, 2019, and awarded him a 60 percent rating from that date onwards.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184718
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Decisions by this judge: 1,738 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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