Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's cardiac conditions but remanded decisions on hypertension and interocular hypertension with bilateral cataracts.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a causal relationship between the veteran's cardiac conditions and his in-service lightning strike.
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, supraventricular arrhythmia, hypertensive heart disease, coronary artery bypass graft, hypertension, interocular hypertension with bilateral cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25000953
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