The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his coronary artery disease (CAD) was denied. The Veteran’s condition is rated under Diagnostic Code 7005, and the only evidence responsive to the rating criteria comes from the February 2017 compensation and pension (C&P) examination.,The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder was denied. The Veteran’s symptoms more closely approximated the symptoms associated with a 70 percent rating, resulting in a level of impairment that most closely approximated the level of impairment associated with a 70 percent rating.,The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for his 60 percent disability rating for CAD was denied. The Veteran’s August 2017 notice of disagreement (NOD) is not timely with respect to this decision.,The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for his 70 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder was denied. The Veteran’s August 2017 NOD is not timely with respect to this decision.
The deciding factor: Both arguments made by the Veteran regarding higher ratings were considered, but did not meet the criteria set forth in the rating criteria.,The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the symptoms associated with a 70 percent rating and resulted in a level of impairment that most closely approximated the level of impairment associated with a 70 percent rating. However, they did not meet or approximate the symptoms described in the criteria for a 100 percent disability rating.,The Veteran's August 2017 NOD was not timely filed and therefore his appeal for an earlier effective date for his 60 percent disability rating for CAD was denied.,The Veteran's August 2017 NOD was not timely filed and therefore his appeal for an earlier effective date for his 70 percent rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder was denied.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20004813
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