The Board has denied the veteran's claim for secondary service connection for residuals of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus due to lack of medical evidence linking the accidents to his diabetes.
The deciding factor: There is no medical opinion linking the veteran's hypoglycemic reaction and resulting injuries from the automobile accident to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of injuries sustained in an automobile accident
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0104040
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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