The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2022, for the award of service connection for diabetic nephropathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's October 2022 claim for hypertension reasonably encompassed his associated manifestation of nephropathy due to the evidence of record at that time and the PACT Act amendment regarding hypertension as a presumptive condition.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24067557
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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