The Board denied service connection for a heart condition and remanded claims for diabetes mellitus, renal kidney failure, colitis, and high blood pressure as secondary to diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the claim of a current heart condition, and the Veteran's testimony was not competent to provide a diagnosis. The Board found that the claims were inextricably intertwined with the remanded claims for diabetes mellitus and its secondary conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Colitis, Diabetes mellitus, Heart condition, claimed as heart murmur, High blood pressure, Renal kidney failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020443
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Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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