The Board has determined that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's type 1 diabetes mellitus is proximately due to or caused by service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VHA opinion provided a positive nexus between the Veteran's type 1 diabetes and his service-connected PTSD, based on theories of causation and applicable studies.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2015
- Citation
- 1546790
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What this means for you
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