The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic hypertension is etiologically related to his service-connected Type II diabetes mellitus and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the veteran's chronic hypertension is caused by or results from his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus, with Dr. Lowentritt concluding that it is likely due to longstanding adult-onset diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0706858
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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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