The Board has granted service connection for a heart disorder, finding that the Veteran's high cholesterol in service is a hereditary disease and may have caused his current heart disability. The decision also acknowledges the significant family history of atherosclerosis.
The deciding factor: The evidence at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current heart disability was proximately due to or aggravated by his in-service high cholesterol, which was found to be progressive.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disorder (coronary artery disease/ischemic heart disease)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2021
- Citation
- 21065926
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