The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and cardiovascular disease as secondary to his service-connected syncope episodes, and for an increased rating for chronic bronchitis are well grounded. The case is being returned to the regional office for further action.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence implies a relationship between cardiac problems and syncope, but does not set it out clearly.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, cardiovascular disease, chronic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0023244
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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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