The Veteran's claim for service connection of ischemic heart disease due to herbicide exposure was denied. The Board found that the Veteran does not carry a diagnosis of heart disease and thus, there is no current disability to establish service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find any evidence of a heart condition in the Veteran's medical records or examination results.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Ischemic Heart Disease"}
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1641964
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