The Board has withdrawn the issue of service connection for high cholesterol/hyperlipemia due to the Veteran's request.,Service connection is not granted for CVA, as there is no evidence of a disease or injury in service and the condition did not manifest within one year after separation from service. The stroke occurred approximately 25 years after separation.,Service connection is not granted for HTN, as there is no evidence of a disease or injury in service and the condition did not manifest within one year after separation from service. The earliest diagnosis was around 2003, which is more than 22 years post-service.,Service connection is not granted for diabetes, as there is no evidence of a disease or injury in service and the condition did not manifest within one year after separation from service. The earliest diagnosis was around 2003, which is more than 22 years post-service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's CVA occurred approximately 25 years after separation from service and there is no evidence of a disease or injury in service that could be linked to the condition.,The earliest diagnosis of HTN was around 2003, which is more than 22 years post-service. There is also no evidence of a disease or injury in service that could be linked to the condition.,Diabetes mellitus did not manifest within one year after separation from service and there is no evidence of a disease or injury in service that could be linked to the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- high cholesterol/hyperlipidemia, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), hypertension (HTN), diabetes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2017
- Citation
- 1736343
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