The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is found to have caused or contributed to her current hypertension.,There is no evidence of a current disability related to the claimed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, knee disabilities, pes planus, or cardiac disability that could be attributed to active service.,The Veteran does not have and has not been diagnosed as having a heart condition due to her service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted for hypertension as due to service-connected PTSD because the evidence supports an etiological link between the two conditions.,There is no current disability related to the claimed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, knee disabilities, pes planus, or cardiac disability that could be attributed to active service.,The VA examiner found no evidence of a heart condition in the Veteran's claims file and concluded she did not have and had not been diagnosed as having a heart condition.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral knee disability, bilateral pes planus, cardiac disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21069178
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