The Veteran's diabetes insipidus and urinary frequency were granted with specific ratings, with the diabetes insipidus receiving a 60% rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of increased ratings for both conditions based on their current manifestations.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes insipidus, urinary frequency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1134005
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, sleep apnea, post-traumatic stress disorder, and urinary frequency as there is no competent evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for urinary frequency, as secondary to hypertension and non-service-connected diabetes mellitus type II. The other claims are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for urinary frequency as there is no evidence of a current disability or persistent symptoms related to service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and urinary frequency, finding no current diagnoses or evidence of a relationship to service.
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