The Board granted service connection for atrial fibrillation and benign positional vertigo, both secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's AF and BPV are aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Benign Positional Vertigo (BPV)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016718
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 945 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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