The Board denied the claim for service connection for periodic accelerated heart rate, finding that there was no chronic disability under the law and not warranting service connection as an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a chronic disability manifested by tachycardia during active duty in Southwest Asia. The Veteran's complaints were characterized as tachycardia but not attributed to any known clinical diagnosis, and the Board found that there was insufficient objective medical evidence to establish service connection for an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Periodic accelerated heart rate (tachycardia)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2013
- Citation
- 1308544
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