The Board denied service connection for a compulsive eating disorder as secondary to service-connected major depressive disorder and PTSD, finding no current diagnosis of an eating disorder separate from the Veteran's service-connected conditions.,Service connection for diabetes mellitus type II was also denied as secondary to the claimed eating disorder or service-connected PTSD. The Board found that there is no evidence of a current eating disorder and concluded that diabetes mellitus did not manifest within one year of discharge.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a currently diagnosed eating disorder separate from his service-connected major depressive disorder and PTSD, which precludes secondary service connection for the eating disorder.,There is no evidence showing that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II manifested within one year of discharge or was caused by his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Compulsive Eating Disorder, Diabetes Mellitus Type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22011577
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