The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current heart disability due to disease or injury in service, and denied his claim for service connection. The Veteran's costochondritis was rated at 10 percent under Diagnostic Code 5321.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records did not show any diagnosed heart condition during service, and the VA examiner found no current heart disability. Costochondritis is currently rated as a noncompensable disability (10% rating).
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disability, Costochondritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1746641
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What you can do next
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