The Board denied service connection for vision disorder and neuropathy of the lower extremities, both claimed as secondary to diabetes mellitus. The appellant's current eye symptoms are attributed to refractive error and senile cataracts, not related to his diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: VA medical records did not find evidence of diabetic retinopathy or neuropathy in the appellant's lower extremities, and his vision issues were found to be due to refractive error rather than diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Vision Disorder (Refractive Error and Senile Cataracts), Neuropathy of the Lower Extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0837100
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