Granted
The Board granted service connection for an eye disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's eye disability was caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral cataracts, bilateral pseudophakia, left eye chorioretinal scars
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25013371
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