The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted with effective dates of June 29, 2015. The Veteran is rated at 100% for his coronary artery disease and TERA participation.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's history and symptoms related to the conditions he claimed as secondary to TERA participation.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with coronary artery bypass graft and congestive heart failure, right lower extremity scar, status post coronary artery bypass grafting, left lower extremity scar, status post coronary artery bypass grafting (under Diagnostic Code 7802), left lower extremity scar, status post coronary artery bypass grafting (under Diagnostic Code 7804), anterior trunk scars, status post coronary artery bypass grafting, diabetes mellitus type II, right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy (sciatic), left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy (sciatic), right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy (femoral), left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy (femoral), hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 6, 2026
- Citation
- A26030980
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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