The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, as it was not shown to be causally related to his active service or any incident therein, nor was it found to be caused by or aggravated by his service-connected post traumatic stress disorder.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence indicated that the Veteran's current HTN is not causally related to his active service or any incident therein, and there was no evidence in the literature relating PTSD to the causation or material aggravation of HTN.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension (HTN)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0907519
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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