Diabetes decisions — 2008

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion addressing whether diabetes mellitus manifested within one year of service and is related to an elevated glucose level during service.

The appeal was dismissed due to the veteran's death.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and a heart condition, to include sinus bradycardia, as there was no evidence of the conditions in service or within one year after separation.

The Board denied service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and residuals of a stroke as they were not shown to be incurred in or aggravated by the veteran's active service.

The veteran's PTSD was rated as 30 percent for the period from March 19, 2004, to June 24, 2005, and increased to 50 percent thereafter. The effective date of a 60 percent rating for diabetic nephropathy was July 18, 2005.

The appeal is remanded for additional development before further consideration by the Board.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to May 24, 1993, for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus.

The veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus was denied a rating in excess of 20 percent, and his claim for service connection for PTSD was denied.

The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected PTSD and DM is being remanded for additional development of the evidence.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that medications administered during his military service caused or contributed substantially to causing his death.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as well as for residuals of frostbite and PTSD, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service. The appellant was also found not eligible for Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, does not require regulation of activities.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that diabetes mellitus, presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during service in Vietnam, played a material causal role in his death.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and readjudicate the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, diabetes mellitus, and an increased rating for chondromalacia of the left patella. The claim for a temporary total (convalescent) rating following plantar fibroma surgery was also denied.

The veteran's ingrown toenail of the right great toe does not demonstrate a moderately severe symptom, and his service-connected disabilities do not preclude substantially gainful employment.

The Board found that the reduction from a 40 percent evaluation to a 20 percent evaluation for type 2 diabetes mellitus was proper, as the veteran's condition had shown material improvement under ordinary conditions of life and work.

The veteran's service-connected hearing loss was found to be non-compensable, and the appeal for service connection for diabetes mellitus is stayed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus, and a mental disorder, including anxiety and depression.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetic nephropathy and denied the other claims, including those related to a liver condition, back condition, and high cholesterol.