The Board denied service connection for a cardiac disability as there was no medical evidence establishing a link between the Veteran's in-service incurrence and his current diagnosis of atrial fibrillation.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence indicates that the Veteran is not entitled to service connection, as his heart was evaluated as normal upon separation from service, and he did not report cardiac symptomology until decades after separation from service. Multiple VA medical opinions indicated that the Veteran's cardiac disability is unrelated to a period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25049684
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 868 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, warranting TDIU effective September 1, 2020.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left femoral acetabular impingement syndrome and remanded the issue of service connection for cardiac disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an initial rating of 60 percent for atrial fibrillation with supraventricular tachycardia and implanted cardiac pacemaker, effective July 21, 2023.
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