The Board has denied service connection for hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, and chronic kidney disease. The Veteran's claims were not supported by evidence showing onset during or soon after service, nor was there any competent medical evidence linking these conditions to events in service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current diagnoses and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a lung disorder, status post lobectomy, hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, chronic kidney disease, right wrist disorder (for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151), migraine headaches, unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1540278
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