The Board found that the veteran's arteriosclerotic vascular disease with aortic valve replacement is not related to his service or to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and therefore denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and his arteriosclerotic vascular disease with aortic valve replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic vascular disease, aortic valve replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0632275
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