The Board found that the veteran's atrial fibrillation is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected bronchiectasis, granting his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical expert opined that the veteran's paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was likely related to his underlying bronchiectasis and hypoxic conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disorder, Atrial Fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 15, 2001
- Citation
- 0120844
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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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