The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diabetic retinopathy is secondary to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s diabetic retinopathy is secondary to his type II diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic retinopathy, Bell's Palsy, mild senile cataracts, history of Bell’s Palsy with dry eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188851
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What this means for you
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