Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 100 percent for the service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD) with stent placement, effective from July 25, 2025.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's CAD resulted in a METs level of 3.0 or less, which meets the criteria for a 100 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Diseases of the Heart.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease (CAD) with stent placement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097360
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