Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for cardiomyopathy prior to July 27, 2023, and a rating in excess of 60 percent from that date. However, the Veteran was granted special monthly compensation based on housebound status.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating due to the workload levels and lack of heart failure symptoms or left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction below certain thresholds.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25002566
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