The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for essential hypertension as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, Type II. The evidence does not support a finding that the hypertension is related to or aggravated by the diabetes.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examiner determined that the hypertension predates and is not related to the service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- essential hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0610044
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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