The Board has remanded the claims for liver and prostate disabilities as secondary to diabetes mellitus type II due to new evidence found in CT scans.
The deciding factor: CT scans revealed fatty infiltration, diffuse low-attenuation consistent with hepatic steatosis, and enlargement of the liver for the liver disability claim, and benign prostatic hyperplasia risk associated with DM for the prostate disability claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver disability, Prostate disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20080082
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