The Board denied service connection for hypertension, carotid artery disease, coronary artery disease, and renal artery disease as they were not shown to be chronic in service or manifest within the applicable presumptive period; continuity of symptomatology was not established; and there is no evidence that any of these disabilities are otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury or disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's hypertension, carotid artery disease, coronary artery disease, and renal artery disease began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease. The Veteran's heart and vascular systems consistently had been shown to be normal until much after service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, carotid artery disease, coronary artery disease, renal artery disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108186
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