The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a cardiovascular disability, which is now granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: Competent medical opinions link the veteran's current cardiovascular disability to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiovascular disability, Atherosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0624129
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What this means for you
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