The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected PTSD, and thus grants secondary service connection for hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the veteran's hypertension was either caused by or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0303835
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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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