The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of rheumatic fever, including hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease, status post multiple myocardial infarctions, and asthmatic bronchitis, including bronchial asthma.
The deciding factor: The provided evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- asthmatic bronchitis, residuals of rheumatic fever
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0624038
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Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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