The Board has determined that the veteran's cardiovascular disability was permanently aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided raised a reasonable doubt as to whether current cardiovascular disease was aggravated by diabetes. The benefit of the doubt is given to the veteran, leading to the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiovascular disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0618108
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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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