The Board found no current diagnosis of hypotension and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a current diagnosis of hypotension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypotension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0623081
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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The Board granted service connection for hypertension under the PACT Act and assigned a 60% disability rating effective March 14, 2019. The appeal was denied for hypotension.
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