The Veteran's service-connected ischemic heart disease is granted a 60 percent rating, and TDIU is granted on a schedular basis. An earlier effective date for DEA is also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU, and his ischemic heart disease more closely approximates the criteria for a 60 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24031983
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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