The Board has determined that the Veteran does not currently have mitral valve prolapse with murmur, and therefore cannot establish service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence of mitral valve prolapse with murmur in the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- mitral valve prolapse with heart murmur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1738009
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- Granted
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