The Veteran's heart disability with associated shortness of breath is granted as service-connected, with the Board finding that it is etiologically related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's treating Cardiologist concluded that his chronic non-sustained ventricular tachycardia with associated shortness of breath had its onset in service.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disability, shortness of breath
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- A21016554
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