The Veteran's claims for service connection for high blood pressure and tuberculosis have been denied. The claim for hepatitis B remains pending as there is insufficient evidence to determine its current status.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be granted for the Veteran's claimed conditions due to a lack of competent medical evidence establishing their onset or etiology during active service, within one year of separation, or otherwise related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- High Blood Pressure, Tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0916509
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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