The Board granted service connection for residuals of a cerebrovascular accident (stroke) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The March 2023 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's stroke was less likely than not proximately due to his service-connected coronary artery disease, but the Board found this conclusion inconsistent with other evidence and resolved doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027525
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 705 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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