Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, finding that the evidence does not support a link between his condition and military service. The claims for service connection for breathing difficulties, sleeping difficulties, and headaches are being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The October 2023 VA examination and TERA opinion found no medical nexus between the Veteran's hypertension and in-service exposure to toxins, including burn pits.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, breathing difficulties, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness attributable to service in Southwest Asia theater of operations, sleeping difficulties, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness attributable to service in Southwest Asia theater of operations, headaches, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness attributable to service in Southwest Asia theater of operations
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25021948
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