The Board denied service connection for headaches and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depressive disorder. The issues of entitlement to service connection for hypertension, a heart disability, disabilities of the upper and lower extremities, anemia, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, GERD, a bowel disorder, a bladder disorder, hypertrophic gastritis, and a chronic female disorder/fibroids were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease. For some claims, further development was necessary due to a duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, depressive disorder (acquired psychiatric disability), hypertension, heart disability (claimed as hypertensive vascular disease and cardiomegaly), disabilities of the left upper extremity, disabilities of the right upper extremity, disabilities of the left lower extremity, disabilities of the right lower extremity, anemia, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), hypertrophic gastritis, bowel disorder, bladder disorder, chronic female disorder/fibroids
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069516
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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