The claims to reopen service connection for diabetes, heart disease, lower extremity neurological disabilities, and acquired psychiatric disability are granted. The issues of entitlement to service connection for these conditions remain remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims of entitlement to service connection for diabetes, heart disease, lower extremity neurological disorders, and PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type 2 (diabetes), right lower extremity neurological disability, left lower extremity neurological disability, acquired psychiatric disability to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18112289
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