The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted with an effective date of June 4, 2019. The Board found that the effective date should be prior to June 4, 2019, based on the correction of his military records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims had previously been denied and subsequently allowed due to a change in his character of discharge from Bad Conduct Discharge to General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left tendon laceration painful scars left thumb, left dorsal hand, left medial wrist, supraventricular arrhythmia, hypertensive heart disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24030019
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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.
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The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertensive heart disease as secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's attorney has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for hypertensive heart disease and diabetes mellitus type II.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's supraventricular arrhythmia is related to his active military service, specifically his time spent in the Gulf War. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.
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