The Board has determined that the appellant's hypertension is related to his service-connected residuals of a motor vehicle accident, including his recently service-connected depressive disorder. Therefore, the claim for service connection for hypertension is granted.
The deciding factor: The private physician's opinions indicate that the appellant's depression and 'adult' stress were a direct result of his motor vehicle accidents in November 1993 and August 1994, coinciding with the development of his hypertension. The Board applied the benefit of the doubt doctrine and concluded that the appellant's hypertension is related to his service-connected residuals of the motor vehicle accident.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0007209
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