The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of CAD or ED, and there is no evidence linking these conditions to service. The Board also found insufficient medical evidence to support the claim for secondary service connection for ED based on diabetes mellitus II.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a causal relationship between the Veteran's diagnosed conditions (CAD and ED) and his military service, including any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- CAD, ED
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1000529
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