Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board remands the case for an aid and attendance examination to assess the Veteran's functional impairment due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, identified as generalized anxiety disorder and depression. The claims for lead poisoning, substance abuse disorder, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis C, and hypertension were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding no current diagnosis of the condition. The claim for hypertension was remanded due to insufficient evidence linking it to service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and diabetes mellitus, type II, based on in-service noise exposure and herbicide exposure, respectively.

The Board denied an initial compensable evaluation higher than 20 percent for diabetes mellitus type II and remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension associated with herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance or at the housebound rate, as his service-connected disabilities do not render him so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus type 2 based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease from August 3, 2021, and an initial rating of 60 percent for diabetic nephropathy. The claims for increased ratings for diabetes mellitus type II, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve), right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve), and femoral nerves were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, finding no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicide agents and no causal relationship between the condition and his service.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for left external femoral cutaneous nerve neuropraxia and remanded the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his obesity and whether that obesity was a substantial factor in causing diabetes.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the conditions and active-duty service or toxic herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's service connection for hypertension as secondary to sleep apnea, and separate ratings for right knee meniscal tear and right ankle instability were granted. Other claims were denied.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and hypertension to obtain additional medical evidence regarding their relationship to service or secondary to PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus to obtain a more detailed medical opinion regarding the Veteran's exposure to toxic substances and burn pits during military service.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus, type II due to a lack of evidence supporting exposure to herbicide agents during service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes mellitus type II, to include secondary to a service-connected depressive disorder with obesity as an intermediate step, due to deficiencies in prior examinations and opinions.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disorders due to inadequate VA opinions.