The Board found that the veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection for an organic heart disease or cardiac symptoms due to an undiagnosed illness, as there were no objective indications of such conditions and the evidence did not support a finding of causation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show current diagnoses of an organic heart disease or cardiovascular signs and symptoms that could be attributed to service or an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- organic heart disease, cardiac symptoms and abnormal objective findings
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0630956
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