Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for hypertensive heart disease from January 12, 1998, to April 6, 2009, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The totality of the evidence more nearly approximated that the Veteran's HHD manifested by cardiac workload greater than 5 METs but not greater than 7 METs with resulting symptoms such as dyspnea and fatigue from January 12, 1998, to April 6, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive heart disease (HHD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25013388
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