The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for coronary artery disease. The veteran's private cardiologist provided a statement suggesting that his heart attacks during service may have led to his current condition, which is now shown by medical records to be coronary artery disease. However, no direct link between service and the current condition has been established.
The deciding factor: The new evidence from the veteran's private cardiologist suggests a possible connection to service but does not establish a clear causal relationship.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease, Heart disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0410677
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