Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, and peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities, among others.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and prostate cancer due to a lack of evidence supporting direct causation or presumptive exposure.

The appeal for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and atherosclerosis left lower extremity was dismissed due to the Veteran's passing and pending substitution eligibility determination.

The appeal for an earlier effective date prior to October 5, 2017, for service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 and cirrhosis was dismissed due to a procedural issue with the Veteran's election of review options.

The Board denied service connection for anxiety disorder, high blood pressure (hypertension), atherosclerotic heart disease, type II diabetes mellitus, and diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities. The effective date for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was also denied.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion on the etiology of diabetes, considering exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and secondary service connection to Parkinson's disease.

The Board granted a non-compensable rating for hypertension prior to December 17, 2024, and a compensable rating of 10 percent from that date. Service connection was also granted for heart disability manifested by hypertensive heart disease as secondary to hypertension, but denied for residuals of a stroke and diabetes.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and awarded an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, but denied other claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and asthma to schedule new VA examinations due to the Veteran's request to reschedule previous examinations.

The issues of entitlement to restoration of basic eligibility for DEA benefits and an additional compensable rating for diabetic nephropathy were withdrawn by the Veteran, and are therefore dismissed.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on a need for regular aid and attendance due to severe vision impairment, diabetes mellitus, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The appeal for service connection for pancreatic neoplasm, unspecified depressive disorder, testicular cancer, depression, and diabetes mellitus has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The appeal seeking service connection for diabetes mellitus, type 2 was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for left and right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the femoral and sciatic nerves, but denied higher ratings for left and right upper extremity diabetic PN.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus, type II, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between the conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's service connection for asthma was denied, but a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from October 11, 2017 was granted.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and a bilateral eye disability as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to these conditions, and the post-service medical records did not establish a nexus between the current disabilities and active duty.

The Board granted a 40 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II from August 6, 2021, but denied an increased rating in excess of 40 percent. The Board also remanded issues related to pancreatitis and diabetic retinopathy.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents during the Vietnam era.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him permanently bedridden or unable to care for his daily needs without requiring the regular aid and attendance of another person.