The Veteran's heart disabilities, including myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, congestive heart disease, supraventricular arrhythmia, ventricular arrhythmia, AICD, coronary artery bypass graft, right radial artery repair, and mural thrombosis, are determined to be secondary to his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's heart disabilities were found to be at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, congestive heart disease, supraventricular arrhythmia, ventricular arrhythmia, implanted automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD), coronary artery bypass graft, right radial artery repair, mural thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19148779
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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