The Veteran's BPH is not service-connected as it was not incurred or aggravated by his military service and there is no competent medical evidence linking it to his service-connected leiomyosarcoma of the stomach, status post partial gastrectomy. His ED is secondary to his Type II Diabetes Mellitus but he does not have a separate compensable rating for his diabetic hypertension. The Veteran's tinea versicolor prior to August 13, 2008, and since then, do not warrant higher ratings.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support the claim that BPH is secondary to the service-connected leiomyosarcoma of the stomach, status post partial gastrectomy. The Veteran's ED is linked to his Type II Diabetes Mellitus but he does not have a separate compensable rating for his diabetic hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), leiomyosarcoma of the stomach, status post partial gastrectomy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1143983
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