The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability 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 disability 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 disability 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 the higher ratings and effective dates were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, including chronic congestive heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of less than 30 percent.,The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the symptoms associated with a 70 percent rating but did not cause total occupational and social impairment as required for a 100 percent disability rating. The severity, frequency, and duration of his other symptoms did not rise to that level of impairment.,Both the higher ratings and effective dates were denied because the Veteran's notice of disagreement (NOD) was untimely filed with respect to these decisions.,The Veteran's notice of disagreement (NOD) for earlier effective dates was also untimely filed, resulting in the denial of his appeal.
- 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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