The veteran's diabetes mellitus is rated at 40 percent, and his service-connected peripheral vascular disease is found to be secondary to the diabetes mellitus. The Board grants these claims.
The deciding factor: VA determined that the veteran's current diagnosis of arteriosclerotic vascular disease (ASPVD) was related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus due to the medical nexus provided by a private physician who noted ASPVD as likely secondary to the veteran's diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0639731
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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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