The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for mitral valve stenosis due to new and material evidence received since the last final denial. The case is remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a heart condition examination.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for mitral valve stenosis (a congenital defect).
- Claimed conditions
- mitral valve stenosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18104563
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