Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetic retinopathy as a secondary condition to the Veteran's service-connected type II diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: Diabetic retinopathy is caused by the Veteran's service-connected type II diabetes mellitus, and therefore service connection is warranted on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25014069
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