The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II did not cause or aggravate his hypertension, high cholesterol and lipid imbalance, skin disorder, peripheral vascular disease, obstructive sleep apnea, bacterial lung infection, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The deciding factor: Service connection was denied as the Veteran’s service-connected diabetes mellitus type II did not cause or aggravate any of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, High Cholesterol and Lipid Imbalance, Skin Disorder (including bacterial infections, fungal infections, diabetic dermopathy, necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, disseminated granuloma annulare and acanthosis nigricans), Peripheral Vascular Disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Bacterial Lung Infection, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18150653
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