The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (ischemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus) are not considered to be the cause of his stroke.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence that directly links the Veteran’s ischemic heart disease or diabetes mellitus to his stroke, and other risk factors such as hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea were also present.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19182873
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for memory loss, sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes, residuals of a stroke, and tremors. However, it granted service connection for bladder cancer and prostate cancer.
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