The Board is remanding the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death due to a lack of adequate medical evidence regarding the potential nexus between atrial fibrillation and in-service exposure, as well as other service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The record more than reasonably raises the possibility that the Veteran's use of anticoagulants was a primary or contributory cause of death, but there is no adequate opinion on whether atrial fibrillation should have been service-connected. A remand is required to obtain an appropriate medical examination and/or opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Atrial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105846
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