The Veteran's service connection claim for a heart condition is denied as there is no current disability to support the claim.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current heart disability that can be linked to service or any other compensable incident during service.
- Claimed conditions
- atriial septal defect, status post transient ischemic attack (TIA) with full recovery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1444336
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives, specifically regarding a VA medical opinion on whether the Veteran's heart conditions are aggravated by service and if they are related to her service-connected asthma.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's heart disorders. The opinions are needed to determine whether any diagnosed heart disorder is ischemic or congenital in nature, and if so, whether it was caused or aggravated by service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions regarding the Veteran's heart conditions and whether her atrial septal defect is a congenital defect or disease. The case will be reviewed for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the precise diagnosis and nature of the Veteran's heart disorder, as well as whether it was caused or aggravated by his active service.
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