The Veteran's heart palpitations, tachycardia, and chest pain are found to be related to his service in the Southwest Asia Theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. His calluses on the feet are rated as a compensable disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted for an undiagnosed illness manifested by heart palpitations, tachycardia, and chest pain due to objective indications of chronic disability that became manifest in service and cannot be attributed to any known diagnosis. The Veteran's calluses are rated as a compensable disability under the criteria for skin disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- heart palpitations, tachycardia, chest pain
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20020895
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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