The Board found no basis for assigning a higher rating either by rating the service connected disorder on the basis of heart disease or on the basis of hypertension.
The deciding factor: There is little medical evidence to support a higher rating, and the Veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating during the relevant periods.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0904889
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 631 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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The Board denied service connection for a blood disorder, heart disease with hypertension, and kidney disease. The Veteran's claims were based on direct evidence of the conditions during his military service.
- Denied
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD as the evidence did not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there was no credible supporting evidence that the claimed stressors actually occurred.
- Granted
The veteran's heart disease with hypertension is rated at 60 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available for this condition.
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