The Board denied service connection for hypertension, migraine headaches, bleeding ulcer, and anemia as the conditions were not incurred or aggravated during active service.
The deciding factor: Hypertension and migraine headaches clearly and unmistakably preexisted the veteran's period of active duty service from July 1999 to March 2000 and there was no evidence of a permanent increase in severity during that time. Bleeding ulcer and anemia were not shown to be incurred or aggravated by active service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, migraine headaches, bleeding ulcer, anemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0900472
What this means for you
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