The Board has determined that the veteran's cardiovascular disability and left inguinal hernia were not incurred or aggravated by service, as there is no evidence of such conditions during service or within one year after separation. The claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of cardiovascular disability or left inguinal hernia related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disability, left inguinal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0639980
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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