Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart disability, including bicuspid aortic valve disease, systolic murmur, coronary artery disease, and aortic stenosis, due to an incomplete medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 remand directives were not fully complied with, as the examiner did not address whether there was additional disability due to disease or injury superimposed upon the congenital defect during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bicuspid aortic valve disease, systolic murmur, coronary artery disease (CAD), aortic stenosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25001797
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