The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of hypertension and denied service connection for arterial hypertension. The Veteran's eye disability, including refractive error, was considered but no new evidence was presented to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of hypertension or any other chronic eye condition related to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arterial hypertension, Eye disability (including refractive error)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1712949
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