The Veteran's claims for service connection for right ear hearing loss, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy were denied. The claim for PTSD was not addressed as the Veteran did not provide a stressor event.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support current diagnoses of the claimed conditions, and there is no credible supporting evidence for the claimed in-service stressors related to PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ear Hearing Loss, Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetic Nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1419977
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- Denied
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