The Veteran's below the right knee amputation is granted as it is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The VA medical expert opinion linked the Veteran's right knee amputation to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, stating that the diabetes mellitus aggravated peripheral vascular disease which led to the amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- below the right knee amputation, below the left knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0910257
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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