Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial disability rating and earlier effective dates due to a duty to assist error regarding an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examination was found to be inadequate as it did not perform an interview-based or exercise metabolic equivalents (METs) testing, which is essential for rating the service-connected disability under Diagnostic Code 7006.
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial infarction with coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101693
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