The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted, allowing the veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for heart disease as secondary to his service-connected anxiety disorder to be reopened. The Board also determined that the veteran has coronary heart disease that is secondary to his service-connected anxiety disorder, warranting a grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The new evidence provided by Dr. Gay and other medical opinions supported the claim that the veteran's heart disease was caused or aggravated by his service-connected anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease, anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0022570
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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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