Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease status post coronary artery bypass graft associated with herbicide exposure, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively demonstrate a workload of 5.1-7.0 METs which results in heart failure symptoms or cardiac hypertrophy or dilatation confirmed by echocardiogram.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease status post coronary artery bypass graft associated with herbicide exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009796
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