Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for several diabetic conditions as secondary to service-connected diabetes were granted. The effective date for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation was set to April 8, 2019. Several rating issues were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's diabetic conditions were proximately due to his service-connected diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25005541
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