The Board has granted a total disability rating for coronary artery disease (CAD) status post coronary artery bypass grafting (SP CABG) from August 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017 and from February 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018. The Veteran is not entitled to a total disability rating at any other point in time during the period on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's cardiac events most closely approximated the criteria for a total disability rating under Diagnostic Codes 7006 and 7017 in August 2017, February 2018, and April 2018. The Veteran did not manifest any other cardiac events, MI(s), or cardiac hospitalizations during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Myocardial Infarction (MI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20065428
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.
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