The Board has determined that the veteran's arteriosclerotic heart disease is presumptively service-connected due to captivity as a POW, and awarded service connection.
The deciding factor: The veteran experienced localized edema during captivity, which qualifies him for the special POW presumption of service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease, ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0413051
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