The Board found that the Veteran's residuals of intracerebral hemorrhage is not proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.,The Veteran was also denied SMC benefits as he does not meet the criteria for either aid and attendance or housebound rates.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions indicated that the Veteran's stroke is less likely than not (less than 50% probability) proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The examiner also noted that the timeline did not allow for diabetes to be a cause of the stroke.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of intracerebral hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1728980
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