The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus has aggravated his renal dysfunction beyond its natural progression, and grants service connection for kidney dysfunction.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus has aggravated his renal dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0603571
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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