The Board has determined that the Veteran's ventricular arrhythmia, with a cardiac pacemaker and an AICD, is caused by his service-connected ischemic heart disease.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's ventricular arrhythmia is found to be secondary to his service-connected ischemic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Ventricular arrhythmia, Cardiac pacemaker, Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2018
- Citation
- 1803067
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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
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