Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities based on a private medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided evidence that chronic pain from the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities was at least as likely as not a cause of his hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094932
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