The Veteran's service connection for diabetic retinopathy is granted as a complication of his service-connected type 2 diabetes mellitus. The Board also grants service connection for insomnia, but denies service connection for sleep apnea, acid reflux, skin disorder, headache disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, and peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetic retinopathy is a complication of his service-connected type 2 diabetes mellitus. The Board found that he has insomnia as a symptom of his service-connected restless leg syndrome but did not find evidence of a separate sleep disability such as sleep apnea. Service connection was granted for the diabetic retinopathy and denied for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic retinopathy, sleep disorder (insomnia), acid reflux, skin disorder, headache disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2021
- Citation
- 21025891
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