The Board has determined that the veteran's essential hypertension and heart disease are not service-connected, as they were not present during his military service or due to a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for either condition. The examiner concluded that the veteran's current heart condition and/or hypertension were not caused by his scrub typhus in 1944, and there was no medical data supporting the opinion that his anxiety disorder directly contributed to worsening hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Essential Hypertension, Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0603763
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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