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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2018
- Citation
- 1803067
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
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