The Board found no evidence of a service connection for the veteran's current condition, as his tachycardia and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome were not shown to have been caused by any incident or event of active service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records did not show that the veteran's current condition was present during his period of active duty or ACDUTRA service, nor could it be linked to an in-service disease or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- supraventricular tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0308653
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