The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for arrhythmia with an AICD, finding that it is not etiologically related to his active service or service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions determined that the Veteran's arrhythmia was less likely than not due to his active service and service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- arrhythmia, automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22061339
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