Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of March 26, 2007, for the grants of service connection for cerebrovascular accident with left upper extremity weakness, left lower extremity weakness, mild slurred speech, and diabetic nephropathy.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining medical opinions and providing proper notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this appeal.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including heart condition, hypertension, diabetes, and foot and arm disabilities, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding VA examinations.

The appeal to readjudicate the claim of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II, was denied due to a lack of new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining adequate VA examinations and medical opinions.

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus, diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral hearing loss, and PTSD with neurocognitive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and diabetes mellitus type 2 as there is no evidence of a relationship between the current disabilities and the Veteran's active military service.

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder alone prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and an effective date of November 9, 2019, for the award of a TDIU is granted.

The Board denied service connection for a recurrent sinus disability to include sinusitis and remanded several other claims related to respiratory, prostate, sleep, colon, esophageal, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, shoulder, foot, and plantar fasciitis disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II is caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, including obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and erectile dysfunction due to a need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder alone prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and an effective date of November 9, 2019, for the award of a TDIU is granted.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities effective June 23, 2012, and denied a higher disability rating for diabetes mellitus with mild renal insufficiency. Special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance was also granted.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, to include as secondary to claimed herbicide exposure, due to a need for further development of the record.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain issues for further development.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus as secondary to hypertension for a new VA opinion.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes and hypertension to obtain additional medical opinions due to inadequate previous examinations.

The appeal for service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, onychomycosis, prostate cancer, and generalized anxiety disorder was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease to obtain additional evidence regarding exposure to herbicides.