The Board found that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus with neuropathy did not manifest in service or within one year thereafter and has not been shown to be causally related to his service-connected Crohn's ileitis. The claim for secondary service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: VA treatment records do not show any complaints, treatment, or diagnosis of diabetes mellitus with neuropathy during active duty service or within a year after separation. The June 2010 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's Crohn's ileitis did not cause his diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus with neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2016
- Citation
- 1636818
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