The Board has determined that the appellant's cardiovascular and peripheral arterial diseases are not related to his service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.,Service connection for ischemic heart disease, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, status post cardiac arrest, bypass surgery, left femoral artery cut down, angioplasty with cryoplasty femoral arteries, left femoral thromboendarterectomy, bilateral carotid endarterectomies, cardiac catherization/angioplasty, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) L1 and peripheral artery disease has been denied.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the appellant's cardiovascular diseases are related to his service or exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease (IHD), atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, status post cardiac arrest, bypass surgery, left femoral artery cut down, angioplasty with cryoplasty femoral arteries, left femoral thromboendarterectomy, bilateral carotid endarterectomies, cardiac catherization/angioplasty, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) L1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1432380
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