The Board has determined that the Veteran's hypertension was incurred in service and is related to his diabetes, which he contends is due to herbicide exposure. As a result, the claim for service connection for hypertension is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's hypertension was incurred in or aggravated by service, and resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19191184
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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The appeal for service connection for hypertension was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.
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