The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, and thus service connection for this condition is denied. The remaining issues are also denied as there is no evidence of chronic conditions during or within one year after service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in the Veteran's post-service treatment records, despite her assertions that she has had such a condition since service separation.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, menorrhagia (claimed as residuals of an ovarian cyst removal with fibroids and recurring inflammation), mild pulmonary hypertension, with a history of mitral valve prolapse, also claimed as a heart condition with pulmonic stenosis, hypertension, conjunctivitis (pink eye), bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1546250
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