The Veteran's bilateral hand disorder and valvular heart disease were not shown to be related to service or a service-connected disability. The Board denied the claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence showing that the Veteran's bilateral hand disorders or valvular heart disease are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- valvular heart disease of the aortic valve, status post biprosthetic aortic valve replacement, bilateral hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2014
- Citation
- 1451678
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