The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for gonococcal arthritis and cardiac arrhythmia and premature ventricular contraction (claimed as a heart condition) due to lack of new and material evidence, and because there was no medical evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the submitted evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection for gonococcal arthritis and cardiac arrhythmia and premature ventricular contraction (claimed as a heart condition).
- Claimed conditions
- gonococcal arthritis, cardiac arrhythmia and premature ventricular contraction (claimed as a heart condition)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18106856
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