The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertensive vascular disease is not due to or a result of his military service, and it does not meet the criteria for secondary service connection based on his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a direct relationship between the veteran's active duty service and his diagnosed hypertension. The VA examination report indicated that more likely than not excessive obesity aggravated the veteran's hypertension. Additionally, there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus to his hypertensive vascular disease.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0634588
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