The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for status post inferior wall myocardial infarction is not well grounded because there was no evidence of cardiovascular disease during active service or within the initial post-service year, and the post-service medical records do not show a diagnosis of heart disease until 1997.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim lacks credible evidence linking his current condition to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- status post inferior wall myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0009252
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