The Board denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of zero percent for his service-connected systolic heart murmur, finding that there was no evidence showing compensable symptoms.
The deciding factor: There is no objective medical evidence showing that the veteran's service-connected systolic heart murmur has resulted in symptoms that are compensably disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- systolic heart murmur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0501331
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What this means for you
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