The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for aortic stenosis (claimed as heart disease) and granted it, finding new and material evidence to support the claim.
The deciding factor: New medical opinion from the appellant's treating physician provided sufficient evidence to link his current condition with military service.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0031484
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal as to the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart condition was dismissed due to lack of timely notice of disagreement and new and material evidence.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding the evidence to be evenly balanced as to whether it manifested during the Veteran's active service.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for coronary artery disease and aortic stenosis were dismissed as they are pending under the Legacy docket.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart disability, including bicuspid aortic valve disease, systolic murmur, coronary artery disease, and aortic stenosis, due to an incomplete medical opinion.
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