The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral eye disorder, but denied service connection for his CAD and DM II. The bilateral eye disorder is related to exposure to ionizing radiation in service. However, there is no evidence linking CAD and DM II to service or to the Veteran's service-connected TBI.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that CAD and DM II were not caused by or related to service due to lack of established risk factors for these conditions from exposure to ionizing radiation in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disorder, coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes mellitus type II (DM II)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2026
- Citation
- 26001973
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