The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current heart disorder manifested by heart murmurs, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not establish a current diagnosis of a heart disorder in the Veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- heart murmurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1233329
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- Remanded (sent back)
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