The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, to include partially occluded left anterior descending artery, and denied service connection for hyperlipidemia and repeated high MCHC level.
The deciding factor: The partially occluded LAD artery is due to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, and left ventricular hypertrophy. Hyperlipidemia and repeated high MCHC level are not considered disabilities for VA compensation purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability (partially occluded left anterior descending artery), Hyperlipidemia, Repeated high MCHC level
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25013890
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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