The Veteran's heart disorder, diagnosed as cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, endocarditis, and viral myocarditis, is caused by his service-connected bronchiectasis due to mycobacterium avium complex. Therefore, the claim for secondary service connection has been granted.
The deciding factor: The VHA opinion concluded that the Veteran's heart disorder was likely caused by incessant tachycardia due to poorly controlled heart rate and lung problems related to his military service, which contributed to myocardial damage and the need for a defibrillator.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, endocarditis, viral myocarditis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1706747
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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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