The Board has determined that the Veteran's right bundle branch block is related to his service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the current right bundle branch block is at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service, including the August 1983 diagnosis of right bundle branch block during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right bundle branch block
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2016
- Citation
- 1641458
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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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