The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is found to have caused or aggravated his coronary artery disease. Service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder is denied as there is no current diagnosis of such condition.
The deciding factor: Coronary artery disease was determined to be at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, while the gastrointestinal disorder has not been diagnosed in the current appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal Disorder, Coronary Artery Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- June 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1022050
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