The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected skin disorder (dermatophytosis) warrants a 30 percent evaluation, and his claim for service connection for hypertension is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of diagnosed hypertension in service or within one year post-service. The VA examiner found no causal relationship between current hypertension and the veteran's service-connected skin condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertensive Disease, Dermatophytosis (Tinea Pedis)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0202258
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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