The Board has granted service connection for periodontitis as secondary to diabetes mellitus, denied reopening of the hypertension claim due to lack of new and material evidence, and denied a compensable rating for the scar on the back from spinal surgery.
The deciding factor: Periodontitis was found to be aggravated by diabetes mellitus. New and material evidence has not been received to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for hypertension. The scar on the back does not warrant a compensable rating as there is no associated limitation of function or instability.
- Claimed conditions
- periodontitis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0930971
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- Remanded (sent back)
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