The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, ED, and PVD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: There was an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding the nexus between the current disabilities and the service-connected diabetes mellitus, warranting the grant of service connection with the benefit of the doubt given.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability, Erectile dysfunction (ED), Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24003177
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.
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