Granted
The Board granted service connection for aortic aneurysm, finding that it is at least as likely as not due to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by M.M. was found to be probative and placed the evidence in relative equipoise, leading to the grant of service connection with the benefit of the doubt rule applied.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic aneurysm
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088746
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