The Veteran's claim for service connection for renal insufficiency has been reopened, and the Board finds that new and material evidence supports this claim. The Veteran's current renal insufficiency is proximately due to his service-connected multiple myeloma.,Regarding the Veteran's claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type 2 (DMII), the Board has determined that additional medical opinion is needed.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s current renal insufficiency is proximately due to his service-connected multiple myeloma and/or DMII.,There was no VA examiner's opinion regarding whether the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is etiologically related to elevated glucose levels prior to his diagnosis of DMII.
- Claimed conditions
- renal insufficiency, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20034586
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