The Veteran's small vessel ischemic disease is granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's small vessel ischemic disease is secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, based on a VA physician's opinion linking the vascular dementia (which includes microvascular ischemic disease) to the Veteran's diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- small vessel ischemic disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24054758
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- Denied
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