The Veteran's claim for service connection for atrial fibrillation is granted as it was caused by his service-connected hypertension. The claim for service connection for middle finger condition remains denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a link between the Veteran’s heart condition and his service-connected hypertension, meeting the secondary service connection criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- atriial fibrillation, middle finger condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185413
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
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