The Board found that the veteran's hypertension was not incurred in or aggravated by military service and may not be presumed to be of service onset. The evidence did not establish a relationship between her service-connected PTSD and her current diagnosis of hypertension.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion establishing a direct link between the veteran's service-connected PTSD and her diagnosed hypertension, nor does the evidence show that her hypertension was incurred in or aggravated by military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Asthma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0632808
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