Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of an effective date prior to April 28, 2020, for service connection and a reduction in disability rating for valvular heart disease and atrial septal defect with surgical repair.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct errors by the AOJ in fulfilling its regulatory and statutory duties.
- Claimed conditions
- valvular heart disease, atrial septal defect with surgical repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011724
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