The Board has determined that the veteran's coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, and pacemaker placement are not of service origin and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board also found that these conditions are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected dysthymia.
The deciding factor: The veteran's cardiovascular disease was determined to be unrelated to his service-connected dysthymia, with multiple risk factors for coronary artery disease independently producing the disorder and remaining suboptimally controlled.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, pacemaker placement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0204089
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