The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and loss of feeling in the pelvic area, while remanding several other claims for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's claimed disabilities were related to her military service or secondary to any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus, loss of feeling in the pelvic area, pinched nerve on the right side of the neck, cervicalgia, right ankle disability, to include as secondary to service-connected low back strain with degenerative disc disease, left ankle disability, to include as secondary to service-connected low back disability, loss of sphincter control, to include as secondary to medication for service connected disabilities and service-connected low back disability, loss of bladder control, to include as secondary to medication for service connected disabilities and service-connected low back disability, hematochezia, carpal tunnel syndrome of the right upper extremity, carpal tunnel syndrome of the left upper extremity, acquired psychiatric disability, to include as secondary to her service-connected disabilities, rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected low back disability, rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected lumbar radicopathy of the right lower extremity, rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected lumbar radicopathy of the left lower extremity, total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001410
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.
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