The Board has granted service connection for polycythemia, finding that it is at least as likely as not secondary to the Veteran's service-connected ischemic heart disease. The rating assigned is a 100% evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions are in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran’s ischemic heart disease caused or aggravated his polycythemia, and therefore the benefit of doubt has been afforded to the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- polycythemia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178551
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, left knee disability, polycythemia, and bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted a 60 percent rating for polycythemia based on the Veteran undergoing phlebotomy 6 times within a 12-month period.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and polycythemia, both related to the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for polycythemia was remanded due to errors in the VA's duty to assist. The Board needs more information to decide the claim.
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