Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for hypertension and rejected her petition to readjudicate a previously denied claim for service connection for a stroke due to filing on an incorrect form.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show diastolic pressures predominantly 100 or more, which is required for a compensable rating under the applicable criteria. Additionally, the Veteran's August 2021 VA Form 21-526EZ was rejected as it was filed on an incorrect form and she had no new evidence to submit.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Stroke
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009477
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