The Board denied service connection for pericarditis as there is no current disability and the Veteran's in-service treatment was resolved prior to separation.
The deciding factor: There is no current disability of pericarditis, as postservice medical records show normal cardiovascular findings.
- Claimed conditions
- pericarditis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20004313
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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