The Board found that the Veteran's deep venous thrombosis and infection are not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's deep vein thrombosis was not caused by or a result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- deep venous thrombosis, infection
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1034154
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