The Board found no evidence of service connection for the aortic aneurysm and denied the claim. For the stroke, the Board noted that there is insufficient medical evidence to attribute any of the claimed disabilities to the heparin overdose.
The deciding factor: There was no direct evidence linking the aortic aneurysm or the stroke to service or VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic aneurysm, stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0121758
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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