The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of myocardial infarctions secondary to his service-connected thrombophlebitis of the left leg, finding that there was no evidence showing a causal relationship between these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA medical specialists found no evidence linking the myocardial infarctions to the service-connected thrombophlebitis of the left leg.
- Claimed conditions
- myocardial infarctions
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0425271
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