The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus with vision disability and increased ratings for the veteran's lumbar spine, cervical spine, and skull fracture disabilities. The effective dates are not specified as they were previously established.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on clinical evidence of onset during active duty, and increased ratings were assigned based on current manifestations and diagnostic criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, traumatic degenerative changes of the cervical spine, cervical radiculitis of the 4th and 5th fingers of the right (dominant) hand, cervical radiculitis of the 4th and 5th fingers of the left (non-dominant) hand, residuals of a skull fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0630974
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What this means for you
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