The Veteran's heart disability was not found to be incurred in service or due to herbicide exposure. Service connection for the heart disorder is denied as it is not secondary to his service-connected diabetes.
The deciding factor: There is no competent and credible evidence linking the current heart condition to service, including presumed herbicide exposure, or to his service-connected Type II Diabetes Mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1201368
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