The Veteran is granted a total 100% disability rating for heart disease beginning July 12, 2012.,The claim for an increased initial evaluation greater than 30 percent for heart disease from July 29, 2011 to July 11, 2012 is denied.,The Veteran's claim for a higher initial evaluation of his heart disease from October 20, 2006 to July 28, 2011 remains denied.
The deciding factor: The earlier effective date was granted based on the Veteran’s March 26, 2018 diagnosis of chronic congestive heart failure (CHF), which resulted in a workload level of 3 METs or less.,For the period from July 29, 2011 to July 11, 2012, the Veteran was granted a disability rating increase to 30 percent based on his estimated workload level of 7 METs.,The claim for an initial evaluation greater than 10 percent for heart disease from October 20, 2006 to July 28, 2011 is denied as there was no evidence showing the Veteran’s disability severity within the 30 percent or higher rating range.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), Chronic congestive heart failure (CHF)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20055171
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