The Board has determined that the evidence is in equipoise, finding that the Veteran's type II diabetes disability was caused by his service connected PTSD. As such, service connection for type II diabetes is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be in relative equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's type II diabetes was secondary to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II Diabetes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2026
- Citation
- A26015259
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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