The Board found that the Veteran's heart conditions did not have onset during service and are not otherwise related to service or a service-connected disability, including the service-connected partial nephrectomy, left and chronic bilateral nephrolithiasis.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of heart conditions during service, and the post-service treatment records do not reflect continuity of symptomatology. The expert opinion concluded that it is less likely as not that the cause of the problem is the service-connected kidney disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Condition (including left ventricular cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and supraventricular tachycardia), Left Nephrectomy, Chronic Bilateral Nephrolithiasis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2011
- Citation
- 1119563
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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).
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