The Board has granted earlier effective dates of August 10, 2022 for the awards of service connection for heart valve replacement and supraventricular arrhythmia, special monthly compensation payable at the statutory housebound rate, and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The effective dates were granted based on the Veteran's continuous pursuit of ancillary benefits related to his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- heart valve replacement, supraventricular arrhythmia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24062997
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 915 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed as he withdrew his appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's diagnosed supraventricular arrhythmia and congestive heart failure, finding that these conditions are related to his military service. The pansystolic murmur is also considered a condition of record.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for hernia, supraventricular arrhythmia, COPD, and hypertension have been granted. The initial rating for hypertension has also been granted at a 10 percent level. Service connection for residuals of broken breastbone, residuals from broken ribs, deviated septum, PTSD, and lumbosacral strain are all remanded.
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