Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C with cirrhosis of the liver.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion from Dr. P.T. established a nexus between the Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II and his service-connected hepatitis C condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106674
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