The Board denied service connection for a chest pain disability, secondary to the appellant's service-connected PTSD with panic attacks and major depressive disorder, as there was no evidence of a current disability.
The deciding factor: The July 2024 VA examination indicated that the appellant's chest pain/palpitations were related to her service-connected PTSD and anxiety, not a separate condition. There was also no evidence of functional impairment due to the chest pain.
- Claimed conditions
- chest pain disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090062
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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