Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, and a heart condition due to lack of evidence showing the Veteran's service in Vietnam or exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board remanded the issues of service connection for diabetes mellitus, bilateral peripheral neuropathy, and a right foot disability. The Veteran's claims are based on alleged herbicide agent exposure during his service at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) because the evidence did not show that his service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for pancreatic cancer, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus because new and relevant evidence was not received.

The veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes was granted based on presumptive exposure to herbicide agents. The claim for bronchitis was remanded for further evaluation.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was granted based on new evidence, but denied for other conditions. The effective date for CAD service connection was granted as June 22, 2023.

The veteran's claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus, type II, was granted. The claims for GERD and OSA were remanded for further evaluation.

The veteran's service-connected diabetes and diabetic peripheral neuropathy prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, so he is granted TDIU.

The veteran's service connection for diabetes mellitus type II is granted based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in the territorial sea of Vietnam.

The veteran's request for a higher rating for diabetes and an initial compensable rating for hypertension was denied. Service connection for tinnitus and total disability rating based on individual unemployability were granted. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded.

The veteran's service connection for diabetes mellitus and related conditions is granted with an effective date of March 19, 2018. Some disability ratings were increased effective September 22, 2023.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to September 8, 2009. The evidence did not show that the veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus type II due to inadequate medical examination. A new opinion is required.

The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from December 1, 2012, to September 16, 2013.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted a total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, so he is granted a total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal is remanded to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Board needs new opinions on whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorder was aggravated by service-connected heart disability and/or diabetes.

The veteran's claims for a higher rating for diabetes and housebound status were withdrawn and dismissed. Claims for higher ratings for stroke residuals and peripheral neuropathy were remanded for further evaluation.

The Board denied service connection for both sinus disability and diabetes mellitus, type 2, due to lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis or service connection.

The veteran's appeal for TDIU was granted for the period before April 6, 2024, but not after due to a combined 100 percent rating.