The Board has determined that the Veteran's coronary heart disease is secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and grants this claim. The issue of service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, remains pending.
The deciding factor: Coronary Heart Disease was found to be at least as likely as not aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)), Coronary Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1022092
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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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