The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for organic heart disease and granted it, finding new evidence that supports a link to service. The claims for poliomyelitis and vascular disease were not addressed as they are not related to service.
The deciding factor: New medical records submitted by the Veteran provided sufficient evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for organic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- organic heart disease, poliomyelitis, vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1202850
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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