The Board has determined that the Veteran's left eye retinopathy is not caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of diabetic retinopathy and concluded that the Veteran's left eye retinopathy was less likely than not caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1456010
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board's decision is vacated and the claims for increased ratings, separate compensable ratings, and TDIU are remanded due to lack of consideration of all relevant evidence.
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