The Board granted service connection for hypertension, end-stage heart failure, and chronic UTIs as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. A 70 percent rating was also granted for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's hypertension and congestive heart failure were aggravated by his service-connected PTSD, while his chronic UTIs began during service and have continued since discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension (HT), end stage heart failure, chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096054
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Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of July 26, 2022, for a 10 percent rating for nephrolithiasis and ureterolithiasis with chronic UTIs is granted. The claim for an earlier effective date for the lumbar spine disability remains pending.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not due to a service-connected disability. The Board found that the evidence did not support service connection for his heart condition, and thus denied both service connection for the cause of death and DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including right and left leg disabilities, central neuropathic pain, chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs), syringomyelia, chronic constipation, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, deep vein thrombosis of the left leg, and functional dextroscoliosis and thoracic kyphosis have all been denied.,The Board found that there is no medical evidence showing a nexus between any of these conditions and the Veteran's service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD with AUD, effective June 4, 2020, and also granted service connection for GERD, hypertension (HT), and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
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