The Board found that the Veteran does not have diagnosed ischemic heart disease and denied service connection for heart disease. The hypertension claim was also denied as it is not secondary to diabetes mellitus type II.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of current diagnosed ischemic heart disease, and the Veteran's symptoms are more consistent with cardiomyopathy or other conditions rather than ischemic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, mitral regurgitation, hypertensive heart disease, carotid artery stenosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1618619
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- Granted
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