The Board has determined that the appellant incurred additional disability (residuals of myocardial infarction) as a result of his coronary artery bypass graft surgery performed on December 6, 1995. As such, service connection for residuals of myocardial infarction is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA cardiologist's opinion concluded that the post-CABG MI was an 'expected complication' of the bypass procedure, but this finding makes sense as a post-surgical complication rather than a necessary consequence.
- Claimed conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2001
- Citation
- 0117256
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