The Board has decided that service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease should be granted, but only in part as it is aggravated by a service-connected anxiety disorder and/or treatment for dermatophytosis and tinea cruris. The case is being remanded to consider whether additional evidence supports the claim.
The deciding factor: The veteran's arteriosclerotic heart disease was found to be aggravated by his service-connected anxiety disorder and/or treatment for service-connected dermatophytosis and tinea cruris, which changed the nature of the appeal from a direct service connection issue to an aggravation issue under VA law.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2003
- Citation
- 0311468
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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