The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hypertensive vascular disease and eye disability, both claimed as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and his service-connected diabetes.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records did not show that the veteran's hypertension or refractive error was related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive vascular disease, eye disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0503119
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