The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension is denied as there is no evidence of a chronic condition during or within one year after service.,The effective date for the award of a 10 percent disability rating for tinnitus cannot be earlier than June 19, 2011 due to the liberalizing law enacted in 1999. The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date is denied as it does not meet the legal criteria.,The Veteran's claim for increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder with major depression is remanded and will be addressed separately.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be established because there was no evidence of hypertension during service or within one year after separation. The liberalizing law enacted in 1999 does not allow an earlier effective date for the tinnitus rating.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date is denied as it did not meet the legal criteria under VA regulations, specifically regarding when a request for review of a claim can be considered timely.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144569
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