The Veteran's claim for a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease, prior to December 9, 2016, and from April 1, 2017, is granted. The appeal regarding entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease was found to be manifested by chronic congestive heart failure throughout the period on appeal, warranting a 100 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7017. The Veteran's TDIU claim, which was predicated solely on his service-connected coronary artery disease, is rendered moot due to the award of a 100 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease, Chronic congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20079394
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