The Veteran's initial claim for service connection for CAD was denied in September 1998. In March 2012, VA granted service connection on a presumptive basis due to herbicide exposure and awarded a 30 percent rating effective April 21, 1998. The Veteran appealed this decision, and the AOJ later granted an earlier effective date of February 26, 1998. The Veteran's claim for increased ratings was denied as his CAD did not meet criteria for higher ratings prior to June 19, 2007.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show a workload of less than 7 METs or cardiac hypertrophy/dilation on imaging studies during the period from February 26, 1998 to June 19, 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21021364
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