Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension as it was not shown in service, was not shown to a compensable degree within one year of service, and symptoms were not continuous since service; a current diagnosis of HTN is not causally or etiologically related to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support direct service connection or presumptive service connection on any basis as there is no chronic disease or injury shown in service, no continuity of symptomatology since service, and the disorder did not manifest within one year from separation.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension (HTN)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090762
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