The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for heart disease, stroke with left-sided weakness, a left visual impairment associated with stroke with left-sided weakness, a seizure disorder associated with stroke with left-sided weakness, and a left auditory impairment associated with stroke with left-sided weakness. The claims are now remanded to determine if these conditions were incurred in or caused by service.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been received that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection due to the Veteran's assertions about his heart condition worsening during active duty and the presence of old stroke imaging studies.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease, stroke with left-sided weakness, left visual impairment associated with stroke with left-sided weakness, seizure disorder associated with stroke with left-sided weakness, left auditory impairment associated with stroke with left-sided weakness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19140106
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