The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to new and material evidence submitted. The Board finds that the veteran's ventricular tachycardia likely contributed to his death, as it resulted in further cardiac compromise.
The deciding factor: Dr. Gordon provided a medical opinion linking the veteran's service-connected tachycardia to his subsequent death from cardiac arrest.
- Claimed conditions
- tachycardia, seizure disorder, ventricular tachycardia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0113316
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What this means for you
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