Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher initial evaluations for unspecified anxiety disorder and service-connected heart disability from March 31, 2021 to December 28, 2022.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not demonstrate that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas or a workload of 3.1-5.0 METs resulting in heart failure symptoms during the relevant period.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety disorder, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) with coronary artery disease (CAD), myocardial infarction, mild left ventricular hypertrophy echo, mild mitral valve regurgitation echo, mildly dilated left atrium echo, mild pulmonic insufficiency echo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109699
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