The claim for new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease with coronary insufficiency as secondary to service-connected rheumatic heart disease was granted, but the veteran's disability manifested by arteriosclerotic heart disease with coronary insufficiency is not shown to have been caused or aggravated by the service-connected rheumatic heart disease.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's coronary artery disease was caused by other risk factors and not due to his service-connected rheumatic heart disease, which had at least likely as not produced aortic stenosis and insufficiency but not his coronary artery disease.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatic heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease with coronary insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0902760
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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