The Board finds no current disability with which any in-service event or injury may be related, as there are no disabilities manifested by laboratory findings such as bradycardia and high cholesterol. As the evidence is insufficient to establish service connection for these conditions, their denial is granted.
The deciding factor: There is no confirmed diagnosis of a current disability for the claimed conditions, including bradycardia (claimed as a heart condition) and high cholesterol, which are not diseases or disabilities but laboratory findings within normal variation. The Veteran's post-service medical records do not show any evidence of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bradycardia, High Cholesterol
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0934913
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for GERD and bradycardia have been denied. The Board has also remanded the Veteran's claims regarding hypertension, right knee instability, and limitation of motion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disorder, finding that there was insufficient evidence to establish a causal relationship between his current heart disorders and his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for congestive heart failure with implanted pacemaker, bradycardia, valvular heart disease, and atrial fibrillation, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
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