The Board has determined that the veteran's cardiac disability did not originate in service and is not related to any incident of service, including his reported heart attack in 1960. The claim for service connection for cardiac disability is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the current cardiac condition to service or a pre-existing condition that was aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0632213
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What this means for you
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