Service connection is granted for a back disability and gastrointestinal disability, both determined to have onset in service.,Service connection is denied for a heart disability.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions found no direct service connection due to lack of evidence of heart disease during or within one year after service. The Veteran's hypertension was not found to be aggravated by the HAE, and there were no other findings supporting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Back Disability","diagnosis":"Intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) and schwannoma of the thoracic spine"}, {"condition_name":"Gastrointestinal Disability","diagnosis":"Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), chronic erosive gastritis, duodenal ulcer, periumbilical abscess, gastric erosion, benign polyp of the colon, chronic erosive gastritis and chronic peptic ulcer"}, {"condition_name":"Heart Disability","diagnosis":"Hepatic artery aneurysm (HAE)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20064793
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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