The Board denied reopening the claim of service connection for heart disease, claimed as chest pain due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the May 1991 decision did not bear directly and substantially upon the issue of service connection for heart disease, claimed as chest pain.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease, chest pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0018873
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What this means for you
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