The Board has granted service connection for a cardiac disability, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability. The decision is based on medical opinions that link the current cardiac disabilities to the service-connected left shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The August 2019 VA examiner provided an opinion linking the current cardiac disabilities to the service-connected left shoulder disability and peri-operative myocardial infarction, which was a result of surgery for the left shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac disability, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass graft, implanted automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20081149
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and a TDIU, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these disabilities were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
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