The Board has awarded a 20 percent rating for hypertension effective from the date of the claim, and granted an increased rating to 60 percent for onychomycosis of the feet. The issue of entitlement to an effective date earlier than February 12, 2014 for the grant of a 60 percent rating for contact dermatitis is deferred due to its inextricability with other issues.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hypertension has been characterized by diastolic pressure predominantly 110 or more since the date of his claim. The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of granting a higher rating based on this evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Hypertensive Heart Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2015
- Citation
- 1534123
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