The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for memory loss and a bladder disorder, but denied reopening of the claim for a bladder disorder. The case is remanded to obtain an examination to determine if the Veteran suffers from a chronic disability manifested by memory loss that is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus. Additionally, the Veteran should undergo another VA examination to assess the nature and severity of his diabetes mellitus and diabetic neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the last denial indicates a possible link between memory loss and the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, but does not establish a chronic disability. The Veteran also has new diagnoses of diabetic neuropathy of the upper extremities that require further examination to determine if they are related to his diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Memory Loss, Bladder Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2013
- Citation
- 1331374
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