The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is found to have caused or aggravated his peripheral artery disease, status post aorto-bifemoral arterial bypass surgery. Service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: Service-connected diabetes mellitus was found to be at least as likely as not the cause of the Veteran's peripheral artery disease, status post aorto-bifemoral arterial bypass surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Vision Disorder, Peripheral Artery Disease, Status Post Aorto-bifemoral Arterial Bypass Surgery
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1040558
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What this means for you
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