Denied
The Veteran was granted a 100 percent schedular rating for coronary artery disease, status post coronary artery bypass graft surgery, effective January 14, 2013.,An earlier effective date prior to January 14, 2013 is denied as the scars were not present before this date.
The deciding factor: The Veteran underwent a coronary artery bypass graft on January 14, 2013, and his scars are secondary to this surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Painful, unstable scars of the chest"}, {"condition_name":"Scar of the chest"}, {"condition_name":"Scars, status post vein harvest of the left lower extremity"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20005986
What this means for you
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