The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), as secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's DM was neither caused nor aggravated by his hypertension in the absence of kidney disease, and there was no pathophysiological relationship between the two conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II (DM)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2008
- Citation
- 0810850
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