The Board has granted service connection for hypertension as secondary to a service-connected heart disability. The veteran's COPD with bullous emphysema in the left lung is established, and his tuberculosis claim remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on secondary service connection due to the relationship between the service-connected heart disability and the veteran's hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Pulmonary Tuberculosis","status":"Not Established"}, {"condition_name":"Left Lung Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with Bullous Emphysema","status":"Established"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0635010
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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