The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of hypertension and bursitis sacs as secondary to her service-connected varicose veins with thrombophlebitis. The decision also noted that new evidence submitted did not meet the criteria for reopening a claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence was found insufficient to reopen the claim for service connection due to lack of direct or indirect causal relationship between hypertension and varicose veins, while bursitis sacs were attributed to degenerative joint disease rather than varicosities.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension (HTN), bursitis sacs
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0333931
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