The Veteran's heart valve condition is granted as secondary to his service-connected Reiter’s syndrome. His chronic skin condition, other than one caused by Reiter’s syndrome, is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the heart valve condition was granted based on aggravation of a pre-existing condition (Reiter’s syndrome).
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Valve Condition, Chronic Skin Condition (other than one caused by Reiter’s syndrome)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20072633
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Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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