The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, a bilateral eye condition secondary to diabetes, anemia, and denied service connection for diverticulitis and hemorrhoids. The Veteran's knee disability is found to have caused or aggravated her obesity, which led to her diabetes.
The deciding factor: Obesity resulting from the Veteran's left knee disability was found to be at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of her service-connected knee disability, leading to her development of diabetes mellitus. The Board also found that anemia is more likely than not associated with and had its onset during her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, bilateral eye condition (presumably diabetic retinopathy), anemia, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22059764
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