The Board has denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for rheumatic heart disease and service connection for generalized arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and peripheral vascular disease. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to his active service or service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: VA medical examinations did not find a relationship between the veteran's service-connected rheumatic heart disease and the newly-diagnosed generalized arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and peripheral vascular disease.
- Claimed conditions
- rheumatic heart disease, generalized arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0022711
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What this means for you
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