The Veteran's glomerulonephritis is found to be related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and thus granted as secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion concluded that the Veteran’s membranous glomerulonephritis was more likely than not caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, based on established medical principles.
- Claimed conditions
- glomerulonephritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188750
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