The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus aggravated his hypertensive arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and arthritis of the hands, knees, and right shoulder. As such, these conditions are granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The veteran's poorly controlled diabetes mellitus hastened the development of atherosclerosis, which led to his hypertensive arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and arthritis of the hands, knees, and right shoulder.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the Hands, Arthritis of the Right Shoulder, Hypertensive Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0620890
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