The Board has determined that the veteran's systemic arterial hypertension is secondary to his service-connected anxiety disorder and grants this claim. However, there is no evidence of a current disability manifested by head pain, so the claim for service connection for head pain is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of a neurological disorder or head pain in service that could be related to his service-connected anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Systemic arterial hypertension, Neurological disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0735065
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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.
What you can do next
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