The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and an increased evaluation for PTSD. The VA found no medical relationship between the veteran's hypertension and his service-connected diabetes, nor did it find that hypertension was proximately due to his service-connected diabetes. For PTSD, the Board granted a 50 percent disability rating but noted that all reasonable doubt had been resolved in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that there was no medical evidence linking the veteran's hypertension to his active service or service-connected diabetes mellitus and thus denied service connection for hypertension. For PTSD, the Board found that the veteran's symptoms met the criteria for a 50 percent disability rating but granted the benefit of doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0520526
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