The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, service connection for rheumatic heart disease, and whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for service connection for coronary artery disease. The TDIU claim was referred to the RO.
The deciding factor: The veteran's WPW is currently evaluated as the highest available rating of 30 percent, which is the maximum allowable under the applicable diagnostic code. His claims for rheumatic heart disease and coronary artery disease were denied due to lack of evidence supporting service connection or secondary service connection, respectively.
- Claimed conditions
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0840163
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claim for service connection for Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, finding that the earliest allowed effective date is February 12, 2019.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous directives and for an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome disability increased in severity and manifested with an LVEF of 55-60% and METs level of 1-3, resulting in symptoms such as dyspnea, fatigue, and syncope. The Board granted a 100 percent rating for the condition effective January 11, 2013.
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