Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus, both secondary to his service-connected right ankle degenerative arthritis and bilateral shin splints.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes with diabetic residuals, sleep apnea, and hypertension to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the September 2020 rating decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and Parkinson's disease based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Korea.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for diabetes, granted a 20 percent rating for diabetes from December 13, 2018, and granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity neuropathy with an effective date of October 23, 2021.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II due to an AOJ duty-to-assist error regarding outstanding private treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and a 10 percent disability rating for hypertension, while denying service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis. The status-post cerebrovascular accident (CVA) issue was remanded.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for liver disability, ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD, tension headaches, and diabetes mellitus II as secondary to a service-connected trauma disorder due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with persistent depressive disorder and denied higher ratings for diabetes mellitus, type II, as well as various peripheral neuropathies. The decision also addressed TDIU, Dependents' Educational Assistance, and SMC.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for type two diabetes mellitus, heart condition, and prostate cancer to obtain a medical examination addressing the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not support a finding that it was incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a psychiatric condition, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, and knee and headache issues, to allow for additional development of the record.

The Board remands the claims for additional medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's claimed disabilities are etiologically related to his in-service TERA of exposure to commercial herbicides.

The Board remands the claims for higher ratings and earlier effective dates for kidney disability, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, anxiety disorder, and PTSD due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected diabetic small vessel cerebral vascular disease, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of multiple conditions, including GERD, hypertension, cardiovascular condition, diabetes, bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, and chronic pain.

The Board granted service connection for a chronic gastrointestinal disorder and remanded the claims for hypertension, esophageal varices, acid reflux disease / GERD, and diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board denied service connection for left shoulder condition, bilateral peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus type II, prostate cancer, and hypertension as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.