The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was denied. The claims for increased ratings for non-proliferative retinopathy and cataracts, CAD, and DM were granted with effective dates of February 2, 2010.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had a diagnosis of diabetes prior to May 8, 2001, which is the effective date of the liberalizing law adding diabetes as a presumptive condition. The Veteran's hypertension was found not to be secondary to service-connected conditions or due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Non-proliferative retinopathy and cataract, Coronary artery disease (CAD), Diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801140
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