The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease with old myocardial infraction has rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation since December 1, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's cardiac disability causes significant fatigue that prevents him from maintaining full-time employment.
- Claimed conditions
- CAD (coronary artery disease with old myocardial infraction), systolic heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 8, 2020
- Citation
- A20018119
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or an event not reasonably foreseeable. The use of amiodarone did not contribute to his cause of death.
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