The Board has granted service connection for heart disease secondary to the Veteran's schizo affective type schizophrenic reaction (PTSD), but further development is needed due to the complexity of determining the extent of aggravation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's heart disease may be aggravated by his PTSD, but this must be determined through a VA examination and medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disease, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2011
- Citation
- 1113606
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What this means for you
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