The Veteran was granted a 100 percent evaluation for his service-connected coronary artery disease and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the statutory housebound rate, both effective May 22, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's CAD has always manifested in heart failure symptoms limiting him to a workload of 3.0 metabolic equivalents (METs) or less during the entire appellate period, and he already receives a rating of total disability due to individual unemployability based upon service-connected disorders effective September 16, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2024
- Citation
- 24033562
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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