Denied
The Board denied service connection for hyperlipidemia because it is considered a laboratory finding, not a disability.
The deciding factor: Hyperlipidemia is not a disease or disability for VA purposes but is in the nature of a laboratory finding.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperlipidemia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004687
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