The Veteran's service-connected cardiomyopathy is found to be the cause of his stroke, and he is granted service connection for this condition.,Service connection has been established for cardiomyopathy as secondary to service-connected congestive heart failure.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s cardiomyopathy caused an embolic cerebrovascular accident resulting in a stroke.
- Claimed conditions
- strep throat, cardiomyopathy, stroke, bilateral homonymous hemianopsia, cognitive disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety and mood disorder)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18141033
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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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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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