The Board has determined that the veteran's high cholesterol is not a disability for VA compensation purposes and denied his claim of entitlement to service connection. The decision also granted service connection for periodontal disease.
The deciding factor: Elevated cholesterol readings are laboratory findings and not considered a disability for VA compensation purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- high cholesterol, periodontal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0410050
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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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