The Board has granted a maximum schedular rating of 100 percent for the Veteran's atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with implanted pacemaker, effective February 1, 2024.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran experiences heart failure symptoms at exertional levels below 5 METs, warranting a 100% rating.
- Claimed conditions
- atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, implanted cardiac pacemaker
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2026
- Citation
- A26011092
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