The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, diagnosed as heart palpitations, based on the Veteran's credible and consistent reports of the onset of the disability during active service.
The deciding factor: The February 2020 VA examination report provided a positive nexus opinion, and the Board resolved the benefit-of-the-doubt in favor of the Veteran due to the absence of complete STRs and the Veteran's credible lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- heart palpitations
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25005954
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, and heart palpitations as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for additional evidence and a more thorough medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and remanded the claim for an increased rating for GERD, mild hiatal hernia, and erosive esophagitis. Other claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for fatigue, heart palpitations, a gastrointestinal disability, and chronic cough due to the lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or a link to service.
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