The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and reopened the claim of service connection for hypertension. The Veteran's PTSD is associated with his fear of hostile military activity during his service in Vietnam, while his hypertension is related to his diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: A VA psychologist attributed the Veteran's PTSD to his fear of hostile military or terrorist activity, including being put on emergency alert during his service in the Republic of Vietnam. The VA nurse practitioner opined that the Veteran's hypertension was caused by and aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1311351
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