Diabetes decisions — 2005

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected tuberculosis did not cause or contribute to his death from lung cancer. The appellant is therefore denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of injury to his right great toe and Type II diabetes mellitus, finding that neither condition was incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service. The claim for residuals of a right fifth finger crush injury is remanded for further development.

The veteran's service-connected Type II diabetes mellitus with hypertension was rated at 10 percent from April 21, 2003 to January 1, 2005. Since January 1, 2005, the rating for diabetes mellitus alone has been denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction and entitlement to a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The current effective date remains unchanged as no earlier effective date claim was timely filed.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus was not shown to be related to his service, including exposure to Agent Orange in the Republic of Vietnam. The claim for service connection is denied.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities are found to be productive of an overall level of impairment that more nearly approximates that of the veteran being precluded from securing and following substantially gainful employment consistent with educational and work experience. Therefore, a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability is granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding no evidence of a diagnosis in service or within one year after discharge. The Board also noted that diabetes cannot be presumed to have been incurred in service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's HIV-related illness with AIDS and diabetes were not incurred in or aggravated by service, and thus denied both claims.

The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is currently rated at 70 percent, and his diabetes mellitus was granted service connection on May 8, 2001. The effective date for the grant of service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus has been set at May 8, 2001.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus and COPD, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for COPD. The Board also found that there was insufficient evidence to establish presumptive service connection for diabetes mellitus due to exposure in Vietnam.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding that there is no competent evidence linking the disorder to a disease or injury in service, including any service-connected disability.

The veteran's claimed cardiac disability, peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension are not found to be related to his active service or to a service-connected condition. Service connection for diabetes mellitus is denied as there is no evidence of herbicide exposure in Thailand.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus is granted as service-connected due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his brief period of service in Vietnam.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding that there was no evidence of its presence during active duty or ACDUTRA and thus failing to meet the requirements for service connection.

The veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is shown to be productive of a disability picture that more nearly approximates one requiring insulin, restricted diet and regulation of activities. The VA rating board has granted an increased evaluation from 20% to 40%.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right eye disability, diabetes mellitus, and left knee disability including arthritis. The decision found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is moderately severe, requiring large insulin dosage and restricted diet. The disability requires regulation of occupational activities due to Charcot joint disease. The Board granted an initial 40 percent rating for diabetes mellitus with impotence.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to February 14, 2001 for a grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II. The RO had already granted this benefit on that date.

The RO granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, as secondary to herbicide exposure, in an August 2004 rating decision. The appeal is dismissed because the claim has been resolved in favor of the veteran.