The Board has determined that the veteran's Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome was incurred in active military service and is now granted.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence shows that the veteran's WPW syndrome first became symptomatic during service and has been aggravated since then.
- Claimed conditions
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0630077
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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