The Board has determined that some of the subsequently received medical evidence is new and material, and thus the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a cardiac disability is reopened.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted which supports the veteran's contention that his cardiac disability may have been present during military service and possibly worsened by service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0201207
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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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- Denied
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