Many people have pinworms and don't have any symptoms at all. 1  The most common symptom of pinworms is itching around the anus. 2  It is worse at night when the female worm deposits her eggs on the person infected.
The average rating for ischemic heart diseases is expected to be 60 percent. In calculating VA costs from this change, VA assumes that 80 percent of the eligible population will apply for benefits and 100 percent of those who do will be approved.
In an earlier post, I discussed establishing VA service connected compensation for Ischemic Heart Disease for those veterans exposed to Agent Orange. In this post, I will focus on VA service connected compensation ratings for heart disabilities. It is important to know what kinds of information the VA needs to have in order to assign the proper disability rating for your disease. As a threshold matter, if you are taking any type of continuous medication to treat your ischemic heart disease, the VA should provide at least the minimum rating of 10% for your heart disability. Make sure, then, that the VA is aware of any heart medications you have been prescribed by your non-VA doctors. The higher levels of disability ratings for the heart are based on your symptoms at various levels of exertion. Every level of exercise is assigned a range of METs (or metabolic equivalents) the higher the level of exertion, the higher the METs number. In assigning a rating for heart disease, the VA specifically looks at what range of METs causes you to have certain symptoms. Symptoms