The Board denied service connection for ED as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II. The Veteran appealed this decision and the Court vacated it.,The Board also denied service connection for hypertension on a direct or secondary basis (to herbicide exposure or CAD).,Service connection was denied for macular degeneration as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II.,Service connection was denied for kidney disease as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II.,Service connection was denied for right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II.,Service connection was denied for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II.,Service connection was denied for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II.,Service connection was denied for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of ED and the medical records do not indicate any such condition during service or post-service. The Veteran's hypertension is considered benign and essential, occurring long after service with no evidence of occurrence during service.,There is no evidence that the Veteran's hypertension was manifested in service or to a compensable degree within one year following separation from service. There is also no evidence linking his hypertension to herbicide exposure or service-connected CAD.,The medical records do not indicate any link between macular degeneration and diabetes mellitus, type II.,There is no evidence that the Veteran's kidney disease was manifested in service or within one year following separation from service. There is also no evidence linking it to diabetes mellitus, type II.,The August 2020 VA examiner found no link between right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and diabetes mellitus, type II.,The August 2020 VA examiner found no link between left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and diabetes mellitus, type II.,The August 2020 VA examiner found no link between right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and diabetes mellitus, type II.,The August 2020 VA examiner found no link between left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Hypertension, Macular Degeneration, Kidney Disease, Right Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21031353
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