The Board granted service connection for residuals of stroke, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected intermittent explosive disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance concerning whether the Veteran's residuals of stroke were secondary to his service-connected intermittent explosive disorder, and the Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of stroke
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108911
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Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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