The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted service connection, but his hypertension, inguinal hernia, and headaches are denied as they did not begin during service or are not related to in-service events.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a diagnosis of hypertension or an inguinal hernia during service. The Veteran's headaches were attributed to a 2007 work accident, which occurred after service discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, inguinal hernia, headaches, acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20022771
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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