The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus with headaches, impaired vision and boils (including as secondary to coronary artery disease) are being remanded. His claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for peripheral vascular disease is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board has not yet determined whether the Veteran's claims should be granted or denied based on service connection, and whether he still seeks a travel board hearing regarding his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, headaches, impaired vision, boils
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1032376
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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