The Board has granted service connection for a heart disability, GERD, and COPD as secondary to the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus. The claim for peripheral neuropathy is pending, and obesity does not meet VA criteria for an injury.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established on the basis of aggravation by the service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Peripheral Neuropathy","status":null}, {"condition_name":"Heart Disability","status":"Granted"}, {"condition_name":"Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)","status":"Granted"}, {"condition_name":"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)","status":"Granted"}, {"condition_name":"Obesity","status":null}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0616201
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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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