The Board has determined that the Veteran's currently diagnosed heart disorders were not incurred in service and are not otherwise related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the evidence, as a whole, weighed against the presence of a chronic heart condition of onset during service. The systolic ejection murmur was noted at the time of service separation and attributed to a normal physiologic finding.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1728437
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