The Board has denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for aortic stenosis on a direct basis due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted that would raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for aortic stenosis.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0630635
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal as to the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart condition was dismissed due to lack of timely notice of disagreement and new and material evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart disability, including bicuspid aortic valve disease, systolic murmur, coronary artery disease, and aortic stenosis, due to an incomplete medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical examination, and requires a new one that complies with the December 2019 remand directives.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed in order to properly decide the claims, including obtaining relevant medical records and addressing the etiology of the Veteran's aortic valve stenosis.
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