Diabetes decisions — 2012

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus and rhinitis due to insufficient development. The Veteran is requested to provide additional evidence or cooperate in the development process.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including placing a copy of Memorandum for the Record: Herbicide use in Thailand during the Vietnam Era in the Veteran's claims file and reviewing all evidence. The appeal will be reconsidered after this additional development.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type II is due to herbicide exposure during his military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II is being remanded due to the need to determine if he served in Vietnam or on its inland waters and therefore qualifies for presumptive exposure to herbicides.

The Board has granted a waiver of recovery for the overpayment of pension debt, finding no fault on VA's part and that repayment would create undue hardship.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for Crohn's disease, diabetes mellitus, type II, COPD, and spinal stenosis with lumbar radiculopathy, bilateral lower extremities are being remanded to the RO due to procedural issues.

The Veteran's appeal involves multiple issues related to his service-connected diabetic neuropathy and Type II diabetes mellitus. The Board previously denied some of these claims based on a less than complete record, but the Veteran has requested a hearing to address these matters.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for Multiple Sclerosis and Type II Diabetes are being remanded as the Board finds that additional development is needed to determine if he has these conditions, their etiology, and whether they were incurred in or aggravated by his military service.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II is presumed to be related to his in-service herbicide exposure. The appeal of the hypertension issue has been withdrawn by the appellant.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and VA examinations to address the etiology of his claimed conditions.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type 2 is currently rated as 20 percent disabling. The Board denied an increased rating for the disability and did not address service connection for a left knee degenerative joint disease.

The Board found that the Veteran's kidney stones were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected malaria and diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus was denied. The appeal is based on the denial of service connection for left eye retinopathy, which is not related to his service-connected diabetes.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for heart disease was previously denied in 1971 and has not been reopened.,Hypertension is not considered to be caused or aggravated by the Veteran's diabetes.

The VA medical opinion determined that the cause of the Veteran's death (pulmonary hypertension, high blood pressure, and emphysema) was not caused by or related to his service-connected disabilities. The examiner also found no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disorder as a result of service-connected conditions.

The Board has ordered a remand to verify the Veteran's exposure to herbicides near the Korean DMZ and to determine if he meets the presumptive service connection criteria for diabetes.

The Veteran's death was caused by septic shock due to renal stone disease, diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease. The Board found that these conditions were not service-connected.

The Veteran's claims have been dismissed due to the death of the claimant.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's sleep apnea is not shown to have developed as a result of an established event, injury, or disease during active service. Hepatitis C is shown to have developed as a result of exposure to blood during a rescue operation in active service and liver cancer is proximately due to the Veteran's hepatitis C.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeals during a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.