The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's ischemic heart disease, status post stenting and bypass graft surgery (claimed as coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and chest pain) as secondary to his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea with asthma and restrictive lung disease. The TDIU issue is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current heart condition is aggravated beyond its natural progression by his service-connected OSA.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, chest pain
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20070020
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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