The Board found that the veteran did not submit evidence to show a plausible claim for service connection for chest pain and heart palpitations.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims file does not contain sufficient medical evidence to establish a link between his current symptoms of chest pain and heart palpitations and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chest pain, heart palpitations
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0010970
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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