The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for coronary heart disease, status post angioplasty and mitral valve prolapse, finding it secondary to his service-connected inactive pulmonary tuberculosis.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the secondary service connection theory as claimed by the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary heart disease, mitral valve prolapse
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0426315
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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.
What you can do next
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