The Board granted service connection for a heart murmur as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected non-rheumatic aortic stenosis with coronary artery disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be in equipoise, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- heart murmur
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25008783
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.
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