The Board has granted service connection for atrial fibrillation as secondary to service-connected coronary artery disease. The claim of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service-connected CAD, is remanded.
The deciding factor: Atrial fibrillation was found to be proximately due to or the result of the Veteran’s service-connected coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- atrial fibrillation, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20005056
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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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal regarding the Veteran's entitlement to an initial compensable evaluation for atrial fibrillation is remanded due to unclear evidence on whether continuous medication is required for its control.
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