Diabetes decisions — 2025

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, uveitis of the right eye with increased ocular pressure and defective vision, increased ocular pressure of the left eye with defective vision, hypertension, a respiratory disorder (claimed as asthmatic bronchitis), a skin disability, sarcoid arthritis, chest pain, and an acquired psychiatric disability, to obtain new VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for a left foot, left ankle, right foot, right knee, and neck disabilities, sinusitis, and type II diabetes mellitus as there was no medical evidence of a nexus between the claimed conditions and active service or a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and diabetes mellitus to ensure a complete record is available, including obtaining additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, a prostate disability, an eye disability, and a rectal disability, all as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with MDD.

The appeal for service connection for diabetes mellitus was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran is granted an effective date of January 10, 2021, for the grant of service connection for chronic kidney disease with diabetic nephropathy and hypertension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus and a compensable rating for diabetic retinopathy, as the evidence did not support regulation of activities or documented incapacitating episodes.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing and to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing secondary service connection.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, colon adenocarcinoma, and diabetic nephropathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew all claims, including the instant appeal, on January 27, 2025.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and granted separate ratings for left knee instability, dislocated semilunar cartilage with frequent episodes of 'locking,' pain, and effusion, and limitation of extension. The appeal was denied for a higher rating for left knee instability and limitation of flexion.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's diabetes had its onset in service or is caused or aggravated by his service-connected gouty arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II, right and left upper extremity neuropathy, right and left lower extremity neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected diabetes.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, left leg disability (meralgia paresthetica and radiculopathy), left eye disability (cataracts, other than scar), cardiac disability, and cervical spine disability.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, finding that the preexisting condition was aggravated by military service. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a somatic symptom disorder disability and remanded claims for diabetes mellitus, right foot, left foot, left knee, and right knee disabilities.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, finding that there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and his active-duty service or exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Veteran's claim for benefits under the Home Improvement and Structural Alterations (HISA) program to remodel the entrance of his home, including railings on both sides and replacement of carpet, was granted.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, diabetic nephropathy, and lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy as secondary to the service-connected diabetes mellitus. The right and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathies were denied.