The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to new and material evidence. The heart disease that caused the veteran's death is considered to have been incurred during active service, though there is uncertainty about its presence in service or within one year post-service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions are in equipoise regarding whether the heart disease was present during service or within the first post-service year. The Board has resolved this doubt in favor of the claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0707286
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