The Board has determined that the Veteran's cardiac disability, other than pericarditis, was not incurred in or aggravated by service and cannot be presumed to have been caused by service-connected pericarditis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a direct link between the Veteran's current heart conditions and his service-connected pericarditis. The Board found that secondary service connection is not warranted as there was no showing of aggravation of pre-existing conditions due to service-connected pericarditis.
- Claimed conditions
- Pericarditis, Mitral valve prolapse, Ventricular ectopy, Left atrial enlargement, Systolic dysfunction of probable ischemic origin
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1516513
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