The Veteran's claim for service connection for retinopathy as secondary to hypertension has been granted.,However, the Veteran's claims for service connection for glaucoma and osteopenia as secondary to hypertension have been denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted for retinopathy as secondary to hypertension due to evidence of hypertensive retinopathy. Glaucoma and osteopenia were not found to be related to hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Glaucoma, Hypertensive Retinopathy, Osteopenia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192091
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Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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