The Board granted service connection for mitral valvular heart disease and increased the rating for a pilonidal cyst to 20 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence linking the current condition to an in-service episode of rheumatic fever, and the increased rating was assigned due to the severity of symptoms associated with the pilonidal cyst.
- Claimed conditions
- mitral valvular heart disease, pilonidal cyst
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0904620
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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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for pilonidal cyst to provide him with another opportunity to attend a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, erectile dysfunction, bilateral flatfoot (pes planus), generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymic disorder), hypertension, pilonidal cyst, and sleep apnea due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.
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