The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of his stroke as secondary to diabetes and an earlier effective date for erectile dysfunction, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy of the lower extremities, and peripheral neuropathy. The Board found that the August 1973 rating decision reducing the skin disorder was not CUE, and denied both the secondary service connection claim and the earlier effective date claims.

The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the reduction of the skin disorder rating, and that the veteran's stroke occurred prior to his diagnosis of diabetes. The Board also found that the evidence did not support an earlier effective date for the erectile dysfunction, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy of the lower extremities, and peripheral neuropathy.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"stroke"}, {"condition_name":"diabetes mellitus"}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

June 6, 2006

Citation

0616394

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