The veteran's service-connected rheumatic fever is not currently active, and he experiences no disabling residuals.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of the service-connected rheumatic fever being currently active or that it has caused any heart disease as a residual.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatic fever, coronary artery bypass graft x4
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0810297
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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