Granted
The Board granted service connection for CAD with congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, AICD, and bypass secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's heart disease is aggravated by his service-connected major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease (CAD) with congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD), and bypass
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25110112
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