The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical evidence and need for further examination. The issues include bilateral cataracts, hypertension as secondary to DM2, and an acquired mental disorder other than PTSD.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical evidence was provided regarding the relationship between the claimed conditions and active service or any presumptive exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral cataracts, hypertension (HTN), an acquired mental disorder other than PTSD, to include anxiety and depressive disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19137998
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What this means for you
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