The Board granted service connection for aortic sclerosis, finding that it was caused by the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: Service connection on a secondary basis is warranted because the Veteran's aortic sclerosis is at least partly caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic sclerosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25005713
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Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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