The Board found no evidence of a chronic cardiovascular condition during or within one year after service, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service event, injury, or disease resulting in a cardiovascular disorder, and symptoms were not continuous since separation from active service.
- Claimed conditions
- myocarditis, cardiovascular-renal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1445484
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