The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for atherosclerotic heart disease, including myocardial infarction and sinus bradycardia, as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus Type II.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the veteran's diabetes mellitus preceded the diagnosis of his heart disorder, but both conditions were causally related due to the diabetic condition leading to coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- atherosclerotic heart disease, myocardial infarction, sinus bradycardia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0416368
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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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