Partly granted
The Board granted a 60 percent rating for coronary artery disease from September 1, 2020 to February 22, 2021 and denied earlier effective dates for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for coronary artery bypass surgery and service connection for an anterior chest scar.
The deciding factor: The left ventricular ejection fraction was between 30 and 50 percent, meeting the criteria for a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7017. The effective date of the 100 percent rating for coronary artery bypass surgery and service connection for an anterior chest scar were both May 5, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease, Anterior chest scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103548
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