The Board has granted service connection for residuals of an acute myocardial infarction, status post coronary artery bypass graft, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hiatal hernia. The claim for a higher evaluation in excess of 30 percent for hiatal hernia is also granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's residuals of an acute myocardial infarction were proximately due to his service-connected hiatal hernia, and thus granted service connection on a secondary basis. The claim for a higher evaluation in excess of 30 percent for hiatal hernia was also granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disorder, including residuals of an acute myocardial infarction, status post coronary artery bypass graft, Hiatal Hernia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1040041
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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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