The Board finds that the Veteran's non-cardiac chest pain is at least as likely as not related to his service-connected multiple laceration wounds and postoperative scars of the anterior chest wall. The Veteran's shortness of breath and stomach and bowel disability are also found to be secondary to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's non-cardiac chest pain, shortness of breath, and stomach and bowel disability are related to his service-connected multiple laceration wounds and postoperative scars from military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chest Pain (Non-Cardiac Type), Shortness of Breath, Stomach and Bowel Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2013
- Citation
- 1317536
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