The Veteran's heart disabilities, including RBBB heart block, bradycardia, and MI, are granted as secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD).
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the current heart conditions were due to the Veteran's service-connected CAD and the medications used to treat it.
- Claimed conditions
- other cardiac arrhythmia (heart block) of right bundle branch block (RBBB), bradycardia (bradyarrhythmia), myocardial infarction (MI)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 13, 2026
- Citation
- 26000417
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