The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for arterial hypertension as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, Type II.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that there was no etiological relationship between the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II and his arterial hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- arterial hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0618555
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