Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, finding that hypertension was related to service-connected disabilities and contributed to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in relative equipoise that the Veteran's hypertension is related to his service-connected psychiatric disability and bilateral pes planus, lumbar spine disability, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and was a contributory cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25105291
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