The Board denied service connection for hypertension, a heart condition, and a skin condition. The Veteran's hypertension was not shown to be causally or etiologically related to an in-service event, injury or disease, or to have been caused or aggravated by his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus.,There is no evidence of a current heart disability for the purposes of service connection.,The Veteran's claimed skin condition was not shown to be causally or etiologically related to an in-service event, injury or disease, and it is not associated with herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing hypertension manifested within a year following service. The Veteran did not have any complaints of symptoms associated with hypertension during service, nor does he have competent medical evidence to support his claim.,The Veteran's current heart condition was not shown by the record to be related to an in-service event or disease and there is no indication that it manifested within a year following service. The Veteran did not provide any lay statements indicating his heart condition had its onset in service.,There is no evidence showing the Veteran has a current skin disability for purposes of service connection, nor was there any indication of an in-service event, injury or disease related to his claimed skin condition.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, heart condition (claimed as arteriosclerotic hear disease), skin condition (claimed as lesions and rashes)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1403029
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