The Board has granted service connection for hypertension as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disorders, migraine headaches, bilateral ankle disorders, bilateral shoulder disorders, a heart disorder, and a skin rash affecting the face, neck, and groin area are denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support current diagnoses of the claimed conditions, with the exception of hypertension which is aggravated by service-connected diabetes mellitus. The other conditions have no objective evidence in the record to support their existence or onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, bilateral knee disorders, migraine headaches, bilateral ankle disorders, bilateral shoulder disorders, heart disorder, skin rash affecting the face, neck, and groin area
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1017054
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What this means for you
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