The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for a systolic murmur.
The deciding factor: The VA cardiology examination provided sufficient evidence to grant the increased rating as per Diagnostic Code 7000 criteria, including METs rate determination.
- Claimed conditions
- systolic murmur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1047529
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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.
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