Diabetes Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining inpatient clinical records from the U.S. Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the veteran's current conditions are related to his service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus, type II, finding no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicides or other factors linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and a supplemental statement of the case.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and thyroid nodule are being remanded due to the need for further investigation into his claimed herbicide exposure during service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain updated medical records and to schedule him for VA examinations to assess the current severity of his service-connected hemorrhoids and diabetes mellitus.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, chronic fungal infections, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are granted. However, his claim for service connection for coronary artery disease is denied due to lack of current diagnosis. His hypertension claim remains pending as it was not adjudicated in this decision.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II, and the issue of an earlier effective date for ischemic heart disease are both being remanded for additional development.

The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death should be September 12, 2008. The appellant submitted new and material evidence in September 2008 which led to a reopening of her previously denied claim.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including new VA examinations and readjudication of his claims.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected type 2 diabetes mellitus contributed substantially and materially to his cause of death, which was terminal gastric cancer. The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether this condition proximately caused or aggravated the Veteran's fatal gastric cancer.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for diabetes mellitus and PTSD, as well as his claim for a TDIU, were denied by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability and the examiner found that his hearing loss was most likely age-related. The Veteran's diabetes mellitus and GERD are not related to military service.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased evaluation of his diabetes mellitus, type II, and service connection for sleep apnea secondary to his diabetes were both denied. The Board found that the Veteran's diabetes does not warrant a higher than 20 percent rating.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction is rated at 60% from October 1, 2012 to October 1, 2013. The rating was granted based on the severity of his condition during this period.

The Board finds that the Veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to his military service, including exposure to herbicides. Service connection is denied for diabetes mellitus, COPD, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and left eye disability.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, tinnitus, and diabetes mellitus were granted effective May 11, 2007.,A new claim of service connection for hearing loss was denied without reopening the previous denial.

The Board has found that the Veteran's claims for service connection are not supported by evidence and therefore have been denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus had its onset during his active service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's initial evaluation for OSA was increased from 30 percent to 50 percent effective July 19, 2011. His diabetes mellitus remains at a 20 percent rating.

The Board found no evidence of in-service diabetes mellitus or a skin disorder, and the Veteran did not provide credible evidence of herbicide exposure. Therefore, service connection for both conditions was denied.