The veteran's heart condition was not service-connected, and the Board found that it did not aggravate any of his service-connected disabilities. Therefore, he is not eligible for reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses.
The deciding factor: The veteran's heart condition was not associated with or aggravated by any of his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive reaction, chronic low back strain, seborrheic keratosis, amputation, distal phalanx, left middle finger, pilonidal cystectomy, fungus of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0015475
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 22, 2017, for the grant of service connection for vascular neurocognitive disorder; unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for effective dates prior to September 27, 2024, for the awards of service connection for various knee and back conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for seborrheic keratosis and seborrheic dermatitis for further development, specifically to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding the synergistic effect of all the Veteran's TERAs during his active-duty service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a skin disorder diagnosed as seborrheic keratosis, and increased the rating for ischemic heart disease (IHD) to 60 percent from June 8, 2021. Other claims were denied.
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