The Board granted service connection for aortic stenosis, finding that it was proximately due to the veteran's service-connected Hodgkin's disease.
The deciding factor: A private physician and VA examiner provided opinions supporting a link between the veteran's aortic stenosis and treatment for his service-connected Hodgkin's disease, with the private physician providing more direct support for this conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0901154
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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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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