The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 8, 2015, for the award of service connection for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and a 30 percent rating from January 8, 2015, to December 31, 2016.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed more than four episodes per year documented by ECG or Holter monitor during the relevant period, warranting a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25014932
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,446 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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