Diabetes decisions — 2025

The veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is rated at 40 percent. The decision is based on the veteran's need for daily insulin injections, a restricted diet, and regulation of activities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus type II have been granted.

The veteran's 60 percent rating for low back disability was restored, but higher ratings and other claims were denied or remanded.

The Board denied a higher disability rating for the right ankle and service connection for right ear hearing loss and pulmonary lung disability. All other issues were remanded for further evaluation.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disability was readjudicated due to new evidence. Other claims, including those for left elbow, hand, shoulder, thigh, ankle, right elbow disabilities, cataracts, hypertension, diabetes, GERD, and chronic kidney disease were denied. The claim for a right knee disability was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for both sleep apnea and diabetes, type II, due to lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's service.

The Board remanded the case to determine if the veteran's diabetes and related conditions are service-connected earlier than August 10, 2022. The decision is based on potential herbicide exposure in Guam.

The Board remanded the claim to obtain a medical opinion on whether the veteran's diabetes mellitus is service-connected.

The veteran's claims for service connection for major depressive disorder and increased ratings for left knee conditions were denied. Claims for right knee condition, diabetes mellitus, and TDIU were remanded.

The veteran's claims for service connection for coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus, type II were granted with an effective date of March 25, 2022. The claim for headache disability was denied.

The Veteran's request for a higher rate of special monthly compensation (SMC) was denied because the evidence did not show loss of use of either hand or foot.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for erectile dysfunction and surgical scar was denied. A 10% rating was granted for right hip thigh impairment with degenerative arthritis. Claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hemorrhoids, and left knee disability were remanded.

The Board denied initial ratings greater than 70 percent for unspecified stressor and trauma disorder and persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, greater than 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II, associated with herbicide exposure, greater than 20 percent for right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy as a residual of stroke, greater than 10 percent for residuals of stroke other than right lower extremity radiculopathy, and greater than 10 percent rating for hypertension. However, the Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that diabetes mellitus type II was a presumptive service-connected disability due to in-service exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for asthma, service connection for diabetes, and a higher rating for asthma based on the evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for hypothyroidism but dismissed the appeals for coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and erectile dysfunction due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring an addendum opinion addressing the theory of aggravation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for pseudofolliculitis barbae with hidradenitis suppurativa, left axillary scar, and diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of diabetes, heart disability, hypertension, kidney disease, and GERD due to inadequate medical opinions.

The veteran's heart condition is service-connected. The claim for diabetes and TDIU are remanded.