The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided in January 2022 was deemed more probative than the VA examination report, as it adequately addressed the relationship between the Veteran's hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2, including an aggravation factor.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type 2
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24068149
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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