The Board has granted the Veteran's claim to reopen his previously denied claim of service connection for a heart condition, and finds that there is at least an equipoise in favor of service connection. The Veteran's heart condition, including coronary artery disease, is found to be related to his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis with reactive airway disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's heart condition is aggravated by his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis with reactive airway disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Reactive Airway Disease, Heart Condition, to include Coronary Artery Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1550440
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