The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a heart condition and granted it, finding that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim. The Board also found that the veteran's current heart problems are at least as likely as not related to his service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim, and the Board determined that the veteran's current heart problems are at least as likely as not related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0104967
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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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