The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chest area nerve damage, finding that it is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected atrial septal defect surgical repair.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations found no chronicity of care showing that the current diagnosis was a continuation of the condition in service and there was no evidence of a distinct nerve or muscle damage condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chest area nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22042472
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