Diabetes Board decisions

The appeal was dismissed due to procedural defects, and the Board denied a higher evaluation for diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board denied increased ratings for hypertension and hemorrhoids but granted service connection for diabetes mellitus as secondary to hemorrhoids.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and kidney disease, while denying service connection for a low back disability, hip pain, and a neurobehavioral disorder. The claim for a gastrointestinal disability was remanded for further consideration.

The Board denied service connection for a digestive disorder, bilateral foot pain, bilateral hearing loss, diabetes, degenerative arthritis (claimed as lower back pain), and migraines. However, tinnitus was granted.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus, type II, due to presumed exposure to herbicides at Fort McClellan. The claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease, hypertension, sinusitis, diverticulitis, and fibromyalgia were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, COPD, CAD (claimed as heart disease), DMII, and a kidney disorder based on the evidence not persuasively supporting an in-service incurrence or relationship to service.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, sinusitis, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease with hypertensive renal disease. The Board also denied a compensable disability rating for allergic rhinitis.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from obtaining or engaging in substantially gainful employment since August 29, 2016.

The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication by the Regional Office due to a duty to assist error regarding the verification of in-service exposure to herbicide agents or other toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, hepatitis B, a liver condition (hepatic steatosis and cirrhosis) secondary to service-connected hepatitis B, hypertension, prostate cancer, voiding dysfunction as secondary to service-connected prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to service-connected prostate cancer. The claim for anemia was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher ratings for hypertension, arteriosclerotic heart disease, and diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied higher initial ratings for diabetes mellitus, type II; right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy; and general anxiety disorder. The issues of service connection for left and right eye disabilities and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted 40 percent ratings for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, a 30 percent rating for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and denied an increased rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, coronary artery disease, Parkinson's disease, and neuropathy, as due to herbicide exposure or secondary to a service-connected condition.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed due to it not being adjudicated by the AOJ within a year of the Notice of Disagreement.

The claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus was dismissed because the Veteran has already been granted service connection for diabetes.

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to tinnitus and right ankle sprain, but denied an earlier effective date and a higher rating for left eye retinopathy associated with diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes and a bilateral foot disability, to include neuropathy, based on the evidence showing that these conditions manifested within the one-year presumptive period following the Veteran's separation from active duty.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 as it was proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension and ischemic heart disease (IHD) disabilities.