The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a cerebrovascular accident were not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board also found no etiologic relationship between the veteran's service-connected rheumatic heart disease and his stroke.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that cerebral vascular disease was present during military service or within the first postservice year, and there is significant doubt as to whether any identifiable residuals of the stroke remain. The only evidence linking cerebral vascular disease and stroke residuals to service-connected rheumatic heart disease comes from the veteran himself, who is not competent to offer a medical opinion regarding the diagnosis or etiology of a disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral Vascular Disease, Residuals of Cerebrovascular Accident
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0109345
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