The Veteran's claimed dizziness and sleep disorder were not found to be related to his military service.,The Veteran's claimed anxiety disorder was not found to be related to his diabetes mellitus, type II or any other incident of his military service. The examiner opined that the Veteran's anxiety is already factored into his PTSD diagnosis.,The Veteran's ocular hypertension was not found to be related to his diabetes mellitus, type II or any other incident of his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the Veteran’s dizziness and sleep disorder to his military service. The VA examiner did not find a link between the Veteran's ocular hypertension and diabetic retinopathy.,The Veteran was already diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which takes precedence over any additional anxiety diagnoses, including those related to diabetes mellitus, type II. Therefore, there is no causal relationship between his anxiety disorder and his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.,There is no medical evidence linking the Veteran's ocular hypertension to his diabetes mellitus, type II or any other incident of his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- dizziness, sleep disorder, anxiety disorder (claimed as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II), ocular hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0918551
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