The Board granted service connection for pacemaker implantation as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease and awarded a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease, rendering the issue of TDIU moot.
The deciding factor: The August 2025 medical opinion from the Veteran's treating physician established that the pacemaker implantation is proximately due to his service-connected coronary artery disease, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection. Additionally, the evidence showed a workload of 3.0 METs or less resulting in heart failure symptoms, warranting a 100 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Pacemaker implantation, Coronary artery disease (ischemic heart disease)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25101605
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