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.
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