The Board found insufficient evidence to grant the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction or loss of use of a creative organ, and PTSD as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The claim for service connection for left eye condition was granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not provide sufficient corroboration of the claimed stressors related to PTSD, and there was no evidence indicating participation in combat or exposure to weaponry fire that would support a finding of service connection for these conditions as secondary to diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye condition, hypertension, erectile dysfunction or loss of use of a creative organ, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), disability or disease of the teeth or gums
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0925133
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