The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a heart disability, claiming atypical chest pain, leaking heart valves and a heart murmur. The evidence submitted since the last denial was not considered new and material.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence did not provide a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for a heart disability.
- Claimed conditions
- atypical chest pain, leaking heart valves, heart murmur
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1007952
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What this means for you
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