The Veteran's heart palpitations, caesarean section scar, and bilateral CTS have been granted service connection. The conditions are presumed to be related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran has current disabilities for each condition and that these conditions had their onset or are otherwise related to her period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart palpitations, Caesarean section scar, Bilateral CTS (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18118265
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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