The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of chronic kidney disorder or chronic hypertension, and thus denied service connection for these conditions as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The August 2008 VA examination did not find evidence of nephropathy in the Veteran's case, and concluded that any hypertension was unrelated to his diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic kidney disorder, chronic hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1030294
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