The veteran's appeal for a higher rating for service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD) was granted. The Board assigned an initial 60 percent rating effective February 13, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed the Veteran's CAD more closely approximates the criteria for a 60 percent rating based on a totality of the evidence present in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25001014
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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