The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for coronary disease is not well grounded because there is no competent medical evidence linking his current condition to his active or inactive duty training.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing a relationship between the veteran's current coronary disease and his military service, including his periods of active duty for training and inactive duty training.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0016135
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