The Board granted service connection for cerebrovascular accident (CVA) residuals, finding that the Veteran's CVA is related to her service-connected hypertension and type 2 diabetes.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that both the Veteran's hypertension and diabetes are potential causes of the Veteran's CVA, placing the evidence in equipoise as to the nexus issue.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebrovascular accident (CVA) residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- 25012738
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 2, 2015 for the award of service connection for CVA residuals and hypertension, and a disability evaluation of 10 percent for hypertension.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and CVA residuals have been reopened. The Board has remanded the cases to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's conditions and his military service, as well as any aggravation of these conditions by diabetes mellitus.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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