The Board denied service connection for hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol) as it is a laboratory finding and not a disability for which VA compensation benefits are payable.
The deciding factor: Hyperlipidemia, being a laboratory finding and not causing any impairment of earning capacity, does not meet the criteria for service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.303.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015855
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 907 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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