Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional VA treatment records and opinions addressing service connection theories.

The Board denied service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, peripheral circulatory disorder, right lower extremity neurological impairment, and left lower extremity neurological impairment as they were not shown to be related to the Veteran's active military service or any conceded asbestos exposure.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, an eye disability, a cardiac disability, peripheral artery disease, and foot disabilities due to further development needed.

The Board granted entitlement to TDIU from January 23, 2015 to October 16, 2017 based on the aggregate impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluding substantially gainful employment. The Board denied service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), finding the evidence persuasively weighs against any relationship to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents and secondary peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder with major depression, pituitary microadenoma benign neoplasm with migraine headaches, and asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with assigned ratings of 70%, 50%, and 30% respectively. The claims for other conditions were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, diabetic neuropathy of both lower extremities, and hypertension due to inadequate medical opinions and missing records.

The Board granted service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and lumbosacral strain, degenerative disc disease with spondylosis, spinal stenosis and IVDS as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The carpal tunnel syndrome claims were remanded.

The appeal for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II was dismissed as the Veteran's surviving spouse cannot raise new issues after the Veteran has passed away.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and hypertension as a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error requires an adequate medical examination.

The Board found that new and relevant evidence was not submitted, and denied the claims for service connection for a left leg gunshot wound, diabetes mellitus (DM), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and hypertension (HTN).

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus due to Agent Orange exposure, right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to type II diabetes mellitus, and lung cancer.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and prostate cancer, as no claim was received between January 2019 and January 2024.

The Veteran withdrew all issues on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeal.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for diabetes mellitus type 2 and granted service connection for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as a secondary condition to the diabetes.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of January 16, 2002, for the grant of service connection for ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, and residuals of prostate cancer.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding it to be causally related to the Veteran's active duty military service.

The Board granted service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma, hypertension, and Type II diabetes mellitus associated with herbicide agent exposure.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia and denied initial ratings in excess of 20 percent for Type II diabetes mellitus, 10 percent for right lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and 10 percent for left lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The lumbosacral strain claim was remanded.

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