The Board found that the veteran's heart disorder is not causally related to any inservice radiation exposure and denied his claim.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a causal relationship between the veteran's heart disorder and his reported inservice radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart murmur, Pericarditis, Thyroid disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0211390
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