The Veteran's hypertension is presumed to have been incurred or aggravated by his active service. The claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD, will be remanded as the in-service stressors need further verification.
The deciding factor: Hypertension was diagnosed within one year of separation from service and is presumed to have been incurred or aggravated by service. The in-service stressor claim requires additional verification through the United States Army & Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC).
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1013557
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What this means for you
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