The Board found that the veteran does not have a current disability of diabetic nephropathy and thus denied his claim for service connection as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing the existence of a current kidney condition, which is necessary to establish service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611424
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What this means for you
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