The Board granted service connection for diabetes as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee and ankle conditions, but remanded the claim for erectile dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The Board found a nexus between the Veteran's diabetes and his service-connected left knee and ankle conditions through evidence of obesity being an intermediate step. For erectile dysfunction, the June 2020 VA medical opinion was deemed inadequate and required further clarification on causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II (diabetes)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24065034
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Decisions by this judge: 749 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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