The Board denied service connection for a heart disorder as secondary to service-connected bilateral varicose veins, but granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder and assigned an effective date of June 27, 2002.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no clinical evidence linking the current heart disorder to the service-connected bilateral varicose veins. The Board determined that there was not clear and unmistakable error in the May 1981 rating decision denying service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to lack of CUE, as the evidence then available did not support such a finding.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disorder, Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0211395
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