The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disorder, impotence, basal cell carcinoma, and loss of use of a creative organ as they were not shown to be related to his service or to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing that any current disability was causally or etiologically related to the veteran's service or to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disorder, Impotence, Basal cell carcinoma, Loss of use of a creative organ
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0900827
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 141 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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