The veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure as secondary to service-connected rheumatic mitral stenosis has been granted, and he is now receiving a noncompensable evaluation for the condition.
The deciding factor: The RO granted service connection based on the service-connected disability aggravating the non-service-connected coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure, rheumatic mitral stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0603411
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease with congestive heart failure, effective October 30, 2023.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of a heart disability, as there was no evidence of an intent to file a claim prior to August 7, 2023, and the Nehmer provisions did not apply.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed claims for earlier effective dates and denied higher ratings for chronic kidney disease, gout, and TDIU. A 30% rating was granted for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for various heart conditions were dismissed due to the veteran's death.
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