The Board has determined that the veteran experienced an acute myocardial infarction during a period of inactive duty for training, and service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence indicating the veteran had an acute myocardial infarction while performing active duty for training in September 1987.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0422334
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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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