The Board granted service connection for heart disease, diagnosed as valvular and hypertensive heart disease, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension. The claims for myasthenia gravis and an initial compensable rating for hypertension were remanded.
The deciding factor: The August 2019 VA examination provided a highly probative opinion that the Veteran's heart diseases are due to his service-connected hypertension, leading to the grant of secondary service connection. The lack of evidence supporting presumptive or direct service connection for myasthenia gravis and the need for additional development regarding hypertension led to remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disease (valvular heart disease and hypertensive heart disease), Myasthenia gravis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102336
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