The Board denied service connection for coronary heart disease, finding that the Veteran's chest pain during service was likely due to a muscle condition and not related to his heart. The Board also found no evidence of herbicide exposure.,The cause of death listed on the Veteran's certificate (cardiac arrest, gastrointestinal bleeding, chronic renal disease, diabetes mellitus) were all determined by the Board to be unrelated to his period of service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion indicated that the Veteran’s chest pain during service was likely due to a muscle condition and not related to his heart. The causes of death listed on the certificate were found to be unrelated to his service.,There is no evidence of herbicide exposure, and therefore no presumption of service connection based on herbicide exposure applies.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary heart disease, cause of death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19146160
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