The Veteran's coronary artery disease was granted a 100 percent disability rating and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate, effective October 18, 2021. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's CAD symptoms met the criteria for a 100 percent rating from October 18, 2021 onward under both the old and new versions of the rating criteria due to his workload being 3.0 METs or less resulting in heart failure symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25048049
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.
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