The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for blood clots in the lungs and secondary service connection for right calf deep venous thrombosis, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's current pulmonary embolism disorder began during active service or was related to any in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- blood clots in the lungs, right calf deep venous thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19182878
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- Denied
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