The Board has granted service connection for left eye diabetic retinopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The diabetic retinopathy of the Veteran’s left eye is proximately due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye diabetic retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- A19001731
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, type II, left eye diabetic retinopathy, left foot diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right foot diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and coronary artery disease, as well as the Veteran's cause of death.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, but remanded the claims for diabetes mellitus, type II and related conditions, as well as obstructive sleep apnea and the Veteran's cause of death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right knee, left knee, right ankle, and left ankle disabilities, as well as left eye cataract and diabetic retinopathy, finding no evidence of a current disability related to in-service injury or disease.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for the Veteran's bilateral eye disability as of January 22, 2021.
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