The Board has determined that the Veteran's noncardiac chest pain is a symptom of his service-connected PTSD and, therefore, does not constitute a separate, current disability for which he can be granted direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's noncardiac chest pain is found to be related to his service-connected PTSD and thus secondary to it.
- Claimed conditions
- Noncardiac chest pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1722362
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by noncardiac chest pain and denied higher ratings for PTSD prior to June 20, 2017 and from June 20, 2017. The Veteran's dry eye syndrome of the left eye was granted an initial rating of 10 percent.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's noncardiac chest pain is not attributable to an undiagnosed illness and denied his claim for service connection.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder qualifies for reimbursement of unauthorized private hospital care due to the emergent nature of his chest pain, which was initially suspected as a heart attack. The nearest VA medical facility was not feasibly available at the time.
- Granted
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