Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, a heart condition, and hypertension as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions provided by Dr. P.S. established that the Veteran's conditions are causally related to his service-connected mood disorder through various pathophysiological mechanisms.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, heart condition (arteriosclerotic heart disease, valvular heart disease, acute, subacute, and old myocardial infarction), hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106550
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