Your initial rating for your coronary artery bypass graft has been granted at a maximum of 60 percent since December 8, 2009. The rating was increased to 30 percent from December 1, 2015, to July 18, 2019. Your appeal is dismissed as you have withdrawn your claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeals were granted and the maximum schedular rating has been awarded for his coronary artery bypass graft disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery bypass graft
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20059652
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for coronary artery disease, DEA benefits, and SMC due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his original claims and the subsequent granting of a supplemental claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial compensable disability rating for his heart disorder is being remanded due to a duty to assist error, and a retrospective medical opinion is needed to assess the severity of his condition during the relevant time periods.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating higher than 60 percent for the Veteran's heart disabilities and granted service connection for major vascular neurocognitive disorder, but denied special monthly compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l).
- Granted
The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on the past-due benefits awarded in the January 2024 rating decision.
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