The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for heart disease, residuals of rheumatic fever, and vision disorder due to radiation exposure. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking any of the claimed conditions to service or to radiation exposure in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disease (including atherosclerotic heart disease, coronary artery disease, and hypertension), Residuals of rheumatic fever, Vision disorder, including photophobia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0834210
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- Granted
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