The Board found that the veteran's heart disability is not secondary to his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions were against a causal relationship between the veteran's PTSD and his heart disability, concluding it was more likely due to natural aging processes of the arteries.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0640037
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What this means for you
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