The Board has determined that the veteran's cardiovascular disorder and psychiatric disorder are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected disabilities, including residuals of a left knee meniscectomy with degenerative joint disease, right ankle disorder, and lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence establishing a causal relationship between the veteran's cardiovascular and psychiatric disorders and his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiovascular disorder (coronary artery disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease, and hypertension), Psychiatric disorder (anxiety disorder, situational depression, adjustment disorder, schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2002
- Citation
- 0210168
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What this means for you
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