The Board denied service connection for pectus excavatum and heart disease, finding no evidence of a superimposed disease or injury during service that created additional disability. Service connection was granted for the Veteran's seizure disorder due to a head injury sustained in service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a superimposed disease or injury during service that created additional disability for pectus excavatum and heart disease, leading to denial of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Pectus excavatum, Heart disease, to include coronary artery disease (CAD), myocardial infarction (MI), and atrial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1331991
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