The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected valvular insufficiency disability warrants an initial compensable rating of 10 percent, effective January 9, 2011.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran requires continuous medication for his valvular insufficiency, which meets the criteria for a 10% rating under DC 7000.
- Claimed conditions
- valvular insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1802942
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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.
What you can do next
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