The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for a disability manifested by a heart murmur and chest pain, including neurasthenia. The Board found that her preexisting chest pains did not increase in severity during active duty for training and concluded that she did not have a disease or injury of the heart incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no evidence to support an aggravation of the appellant's preexisting chest pain during active duty for training, and thus could not establish service connection based on this theory. The Board also found insufficient evidence linking her current heart murmur or neurasthenia to service.
- Claimed conditions
- heart murmur, chest pain, neurasthenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0416055
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