The Board has granted service connection for atrial dilation and ventricular arrhythmias as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: Two positive nexus medical opinions established a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected hypertension and his claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- atrial dilation, ventricular arrhythmias
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24029494
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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