The Board found no evidence of a cardiovascular disability during service and denied the claim as there is insufficient medical evidence to link any current condition to service.
The deciding factor: There were no clinical manifestations of a cardiovascular disability in service, and the initial demonstration of the condition many years after discharge was too remote to be reasonably related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0614772
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What this means for you
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