The Board has determined that the Veteran's bicuspid aortic valve, manifested by a heart murmur, was present during service and is not shown to have existed prior to service. Therefore, service connection for residuals of bicuspid aortic valve replacement, including a heart murmur, is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not provide clear and unmistakable evidence that the Veteran's bicuspid aortic valve pre-existed service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1215527
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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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