The Board has granted the veteran's motion to reopen his claim for service connection for a cardiovascular disability, as new and material evidence has been submitted.
The deciding factor: New medical opinion statements provided since the last denial support the reopening of the claim based on the possibility of early onset of cardiovascular disease during service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0211846
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