The Board has determined that the veteran's cardiovascular disease, first diagnosed in 1990, was not incurred or aggravated by service and is not related to his undulant fever during service. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA physicians' opinions concluded that the episode of undulant fever in the 1940s was not a precursor to the veteran's subsequently developed cardiovascular disease in 1990, more than 40 years after service discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiovascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0630517
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