The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is found to be the proximate cause of his residuals of CVA. Additionally, he does not have additional right shoulder disability attributable to VA carelessness or negligence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is found to be the proximate cause of his residuals of CVA and the aggravation of a pre-existing condition (right shoulder disorder) is secondary to this service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1020549
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