The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of rheumatic fever, including valvular heart disease, mitral, with arrhythmia, syncope, and aortic stenosis, meet the criteria for a 10 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The evaluation meets the criteria for a 10 percent rating under revised Diagnostic Code 7000 as of January 12, 1998, due to identifiable valvular lesion and slight symptoms without evidence of heart enlargement or significant cardiac manifestations.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatic fever, valvular heart disease, mitral, arrhythmia, syncope, aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0112177
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- Dismissed
The claim for service connection for valvular heart disease is dismissed as the Veteran was granted a full grant of benefits for coronary artery disease, which is considered a full grant of the benefits sought on appeal.
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