The Board denied service connection for heart disease with hypertension as it did not have its onset during active service, did not manifest within one year of separation from active service, was not caused or aggravated by the veteran's service connected PTSD, and is not otherwise etiologically related to the veteran's active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's heart disease with hypertension is related to his service-connected PTSD. The first evidence of these conditions is found over 25 years after separation from service, and there is no medical opinion linking them directly or secondarily to service or service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0813203
What this means for you
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