The Veteran's diagnosed primary open angle glaucoma and bilateral cataracts are not caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type 2.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's vision problems were not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type 2, either causally or by aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- primary open angle glaucoma, bilateral cataracts
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2013
- Citation
- 1308877
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