The Board has determined that the veteran's periodontal disease is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and therefore grants service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report and private periodontist statement established that the veteran's diabetic condition had a negative secondary effect on his periodontal condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Periodontal disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0609743
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.
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