The Board has determined that the veteran's current cardiac disorder, coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass grafting, is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence as a whole warrants a conclusion, resolving reasonable doubt in the veteran's favor, that the service-connected hypertension caused his current cardiac disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disorder, coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0302479
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What this means for you
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