The Veteran's PSVT is rated as ten percent disabling. The Board has found that the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximate the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation, and thus grants an initial rating of 30 percent for PSVT.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner noted that the Veteran had paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia with more than four episodes per year documented by ECG or Holter monitor. The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, finding his symptoms more nearly approximated the criteria for a 30 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1716304
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a rating of 40 percent for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity (sciatic nerve) but denied service connection and increased ratings for other conditions.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's disability rating for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia from 30% to full (100%) effective February 7, 2020.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's heart disability, finding that there was no evidence of a direct link to his active duty service and that any current condition is not related to or aggravated by his service-connected hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete examination regarding all diagnosed heart disabilities, including those related to service.
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