The Board found that the veteran's current heart disorders are not proximately due to or aggravated by service-connected asbestosis.
The deciding factor: No evidence provided supports a connection between the veteran's heart conditions and his service-connected asbestosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disorders, Pulmonary asbestosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0117749
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