The Board has reopened the previously denied claims for service connection for hypertension, a right knee disorder, residuals of injury to the coccyx, and a cervical spine disorder. The veteran's claim for anxiety and depression as secondary to VA's adjudicative process is denied as a matter of law.,VA will grant an effective date earlier than August 29, 1995 for the award of additional compensation based on dependents if the evidence shows that the veteran had his marriage and birth of children prior to October 1, 1978.
The deciding factor: The new evidence establishes continuity of symptoms associated with hypertension during service and within a year following discharge from active service.,VA's adjudicative process is not considered as the proximate cause for the veteran's anxiety and depression. The claim is denied as secondary to VA's adjudicative process.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Right Knee Disorder, Residuals of Injury to Coccyx, Cervical Spine Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0740019
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