Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for Non Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy with macular edema secondary to diabetes mellitus and denied the claims for a right shoulder condition, right upper extremity neuropathy, and skin cancer.
The deciding factor: The persuasive weight of the evidence indicates that the Veteran's NPDR with macular edema is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus. However, there was not enough evidence to support a grant of service connection for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Non Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy with macular edema, Right shoulder condition, Right upper extremity neuropathy, Skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091947
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