The Board denied service connection for the veteran's aortic valve disease, chronic atrial fibrillation, and diminished cardiac reserve with aortic valve replacement and pacemaker implant as these conditions were not incurred or aggravated in service and are not proximately due to his service-connected esophageal stricture with Barrett's esophagus.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records showed that the veteran first developed atrial fibrillation in 1988, which was unrelated to his service-connected esophageal stricture. The examiner indicated that the veteran's aortic valve disease and atrial fibrillation were not caused by his upper GI disease.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic valve disease, chronic atrial fibrillation, diminished cardiac reserve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0637081
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