The Board found that the Veteran's current chronic obstructive and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathies are not related to service or a service-connected disability, and thus denied his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is not related to his military service or a service-connected disability, nor does it show chronic aggravation by a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1609910
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