The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, COPD, sleep apnea, a left leg disability, and a cervical spine disability has been granted. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the medical evidence showing these conditions were present during or shortly after service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sleep apnea, left leg disability manifested by pain, hypertonicity of the musculature and spasm, cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159557
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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