The Board found that new evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for coronary artery disease with angina and uncontrolled hypertension, thus denying the reopening of the claim.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence does not establish in-service treatment or a link between current disability and service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease with angina, uncontrolled hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0827160
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