The Veteran's essential hypertension is found to be secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II. However, there is insufficient evidence linking the pulmonary hypertension to service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: Essential hypertension was aggravated by the service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- Essential Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1712113
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board restored service connection for pulmonary hypertension as the AOJ's severance decision was improper due to a lack of clear and unmistakable error.
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