Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus, both secondary to his service-connected right ankle degenerative arthritis and bilateral shin splints.
The deciding factor: The October 2022 VA medical exams found that the Veteran's service-connected orthopedic conditions did not cause or aggravate his hypertension or diabetes mellitus, nor did they lead to obesity which could have caused or aggravated these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016703
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