The Board has determined that the veteran's current heart condition is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a pre-existing heart disorder at entry into service, and the current heart conditions are not shown to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0700379
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