The Board found that the veteran does not have a respiratory disability, cardiovascular disability, or residuals of a stroke related to service. The evidence did not show any such disabilities in service or within one year after discharge.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking current respiratory, cardiovascular, or stroke-related conditions to service or post-service treatment for heart disease which caused the stroke.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory disability, Cardiovascular disability, Residuals of a stroke, including paralysis of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0306459
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