The Board denied service connection for eye disorders, kidney and liver disorders, dizzy spells and headaches, and PTSD as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus. The evidence did not show these conditions were related to service or service-connected diabetes.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no direct link between the claimed conditions and service or service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Disorder (Glaucoma and Cataracts), Kidney Disorder, Liver Disorder, Dizzy Spells and Headaches, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0942382
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