Granted
The veteran's heart attack is service-connected as secondary to his service-connected hypertension. The Board granted the claim.
The deciding factor: Two VA clinicians indicated that the veteran's heart attack was caused by his service-connected hypertension, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- heart attack, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005286
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