The Board granted service connection for heart block, finding that it is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a July 2024 opinion from an VA examiner indicating that the heart block is at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- heart block
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25056046
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issues of service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to January 29, 2024, for the award of service connection for heart disabilities as secondary to hypertension.
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