The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently have a disability or disease manifested by an abnormal EKG, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no current evidence of a disability from an abnormal EKG in the most recent examination and testing, and the preponderance of the evidence is against finding such a disability.
- Claimed conditions
- abnormal EKG
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0610962
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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