The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse, joint pain, or right knee degenerative joint disease. The claim for service connection for migraine headaches is denied as there is no evidence linking the Veteran's symptoms to his active duty service. Service connection for hypertension is denied due to lack of medical evidence establishing its onset during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports do not provide sufficient evidence to establish a current diagnosis or link any of these conditions to service, with the exception of hypertension which has no documented onset in service and lacks supporting medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- mitral valve prolapse, joint pain, hypertension, migraine headaches, right knee degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1626781
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