The Board has granted reopening of the claim for service connection for hypoglycemia and has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted. Service connection is now established for reactive hypoglycemia incurred in service.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions support a diagnosis of reactive hypoglycemia during service, which continued after service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypoglycemia, acquired psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2015
- Citation
- 1541760
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