The Veteran's appeal includes claims for hypertension, high cholesterol, a skin disorder (including rosacea), and erectile dysfunction. The Board finds these issues are inextricably intertwined as they all involve service connection secondary to diabetes mellitus. As such, the AOJ should first adjudicate whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus before addressing the other remanded claims.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hypertension, rosacea, erectile dysfunction, and high cholesterol are all claimed as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. As such, these issues are inextricably intertwined and must be addressed together.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, high cholesterol, skin disorder (including rosacea), erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1402039
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What this means for you
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