The Board has determined that the Veteran's heart and gastrointestinal conditions are not service-connected as they were not shown to have had onset during service or be related to his service-connected psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a direct relationship between the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and his current heart and gastrointestinal conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart condition, Gastrointestinal condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1019694
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What this means for you
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