Diabetes decisions — 2022

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The remaining issues have been remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus (type 1), peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, eye conditions, and erectile dysfunction as these conditions are not shown to be related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, neuropathy of the bilateral lower and upper extremities, and depression due to incomplete verification of herbicide exposure in Korea.

The Board has granted service connection for Type II Diabetes Mellitus as secondary to service-connected COPD with asthma. The claims for hypertension and bilateral eye disability are remanded.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II may be related to a service-connected disability and is remanding for further development of VA treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to October 13, 2020, on an extraschedular basis is being remanded due to the need for additional Social Security Administration records and referral to the Director of Compensation Service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Type II Diabetes Mellitus, finding that there is no competent or credible evidence to support a link between his diabetes and his military service.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, is granted as presumptively related to his in-service exposure at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB. Service connection for chronic renal disease, anemia, and paroxysmal atrial tachycardia are also granted based on their proximate relationship to service-connected conditions.

The Board denied an initial rating higher than 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction, dermopathy, and retinopathy. The Veteran's diabetes was rated at 20 percent disabling under the old criteria due to restricted diet and oral hypoglycemic agent.

The claim for service connection of ED has been reopened and remanded due to the need for an examination to determine if ED was caused or aggravated by DMII.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and prostate cancer are remanded due to incomplete verification of his exposure to herbicide agents during service. Additional development is needed including obtaining updated medical records and verifying the Veteran's claimed exposure.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral eye disability and benign prostatic hypertrophy (claimed as prostate cancer) due to inadequate medical opinions regarding their relationship to service. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Board has remanded the claims for specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant due to incomplete information from VA examinations. The examiner is asked to provide detailed opinions on whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities result in loss of use of extremities, preclude locomotion without assistive devices, and affect balance and propulsion.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II, ischemic heart disease, and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma are presumed to be related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.,The Veteran's right and left upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are found to be secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and prostate cancer are granted due to herbicide exposure. The claim for hypothyroidism is denied as it did not manifest during service or be related to herbicide exposure.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral knees, skin condition, heart disability, hypertension, and diabetes due to potential service connection based on exposure to toxic chemicals at Fort McClellan. Further development is needed as VA failed to obtain necessary medical opinions.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, diabetic neuropathy, and tinnitus, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted TDIU based on the evidence showing his unemployability due to these conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hydrocephalus, diabetes mellitus type II, incontinence, left shoulder pain, and low back disability due to a lack of credible evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Veteran's claims for high cholesterol, pre-diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, hypertension, hyperplasia of prostate, vascular graft infection, right upper extremity deep venous thrombosis of leg and chronic limb ischemia, left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease and peripheral arterial occlusive disease, left upper extremity deep venous thrombosis of leg and chronic limb ischemia, left upper extremity peripheral vascular disease and peripheral arterial occlusive disease, thrombocytopenia, and abdominal aortic aneurysm have been remanded for additional development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, primarily the lumbar spine disability, left hip disability, IHD, and PTSD, have rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment since November 1, 2013. The Board has granted TDIU for this period.