Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death and entitlement to DIC benefits due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected conditions and his death.

The Board denied an effective date prior to August 10, 2022 for the grants of service connection for various conditions including coronary artery disease with atrial fibrillation, diabetes type II, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in multiple extremities.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a right shoulder disability, but denied service connection for obesity. The claims for diabetes mellitus, type II, and an acquired psychiatric disability were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for COPD, diabetes mellitus type II, and hypertension to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding whether each condition is related to toxic exposure risk activity during service.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and remanded the claims for hypertension and diabetes type II due to a need for further evidence.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, right lower extremity chronic pain, and left lower extremity chronic pain due to the claims being in the legacy system and not properly opting into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities, diabetes mellitus, type II, and related effective date issues for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes, hypertension, bilateral lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (claimed as peripheral neuropathy), chronic congestive heart failure, and a skin condition to conduct further development of potential toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board denied readjudication of the claims for service connection for diabetes and heart problems as no new and relevant evidence was submitted.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s), but dismissed the appeal regarding diabetes mellitus type 2.

The appeal was dismissed as it was premature and the proposal to assign an effective date of March 1, 2023, for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus type II was not ripe for appeal.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various disorders, including shoulder, elbow, wrist, low back, knee, neuropathy, sleep apnea, heart, colon resection, skin cancer, and diabetes mellitus, due to inadequate VA examinations that did not address all relevant evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and diabetes mellitus, type II, to obtain an opinion that considers whether the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric and/or back disabilities caused or aggravated his obesity, and if so, whether such resulting obesity was a substantial factor in causing or aggravating his OSA and/or diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, due to a need to review the Veteran's Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) and potential exposure sources.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus contributed substantially or materially to his death.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not show that his condition required daily insulin injections or regulation of activities.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded several other claims, including those for lung nodules with COPD, coronary artery disease, back scars, low back disability, diabetes mellitus, PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus was dismissed, while claims for kidney, heart, and lung disorders were remanded for further examination.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, obstructive sleep apnea, and type II diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.