The Board has denied service connection for heart disease as the Veteran's current heart disorders are not shown to have onset earlier than many years after service and are not caused or aggravated by any service-connected disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that PTSD and sleep deprivation did not cause or aggravate the Veteran's current heart disorders, including arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart arrhythmia, Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2018
- Citation
- 1806293
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