The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disability, secondary to his service-connected bronchitis with sleep apnea. The decision is based on the evidence being at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran’s heart disability is caused by his service-connected bronchitis with sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's current heart disability is related to his service-connected bronchitis with sleep apnea, and thus granted service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disability, ventricular arrhythmia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20048205
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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.
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