The Board found that the veteran's elevated cholesterol is merely a laboratory value and not a disease, thus failing to meet the criteria for service connection.
The deciding factor: Elevated cholesterol alone is not considered a disability for which service connection can be granted.
- Claimed conditions
- elevated cholesterol
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0432170
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