The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a cardiac disorder, finding that there was no evidence of such disorder during or within one year after his separation from active duty.
The deciding factor: Reviews of the medical records consistently found no etiological relationship between any current cardiac disorder and problems noted in March 1985.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0201379
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