Granted
The Veteran was granted an initial 60 percent rating for coronary artery disease status post myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft surgery with atrial fibrillation, effective April 1, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's CAD symptoms more nearly approximated one episode of acute congestive heart failure in the past year and left ventricular dysfunction with an ejection fraction of 30 to 50 percent, but did not more nearly approximate chronic congestive heart failure or a workload of 3 METs or less.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease status post myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft surgery with atrial fibrillation (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25013427
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