The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for hypertension, including as secondary to diabetes mellitus. The claims for ocular hypertension of the left eye, gastrointestinal disorder, sleep apnea, and fibromyalgia are all denied due to lack of a direct link to service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is no evidence linking these conditions directly to service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Ocular Hypertension of the Left Eye, Gastrointestinal (GI) Disorder, Sleep Apnea, Fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1226579
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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