The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence, but finds that he does not have a current disability attributable to mitral valve prolapse or sinus tachycardia incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports consistently show no current diagnosis of MVP or any other arrhythmic disorder. The veteran's symptoms are attributed to fibromyalgia and undifferentiated connective tissue disease, not his service-connected mitral valve prolapse.
- Claimed conditions
- Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP), Sinus Tachycardia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0325334
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure with ICD placement, diabetes mellitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease, tinnitus, sinus tachycardia, and cardiomyopathy. The claims for irritable bowel syndrome and an acquired psychiatric disorder were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for COPD, but the cases of sinus tachycardia, chronic bronchitis, and asthma are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's sinus tachycardia and hypertension are rated based on their individual effects, with the highest possible rating for each condition. The claim for an extraschedular rating prior to March 29, 2019 for sinus tachycardia is remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's effective date for a 30 percent rating for MVP is set at June 11, 1986, with the Board finding that prior to this date his symptoms were analogous to severe, frequent attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia.
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