Diabetes Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to determine his ability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected migraine headaches have been rated as 50 percent disabling since August 31, 2010. The Board finds no basis for a higher rating and the TDIU claim is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for scheduling a video conference hearing before the Board. The Veteran's claims of new and material evidence for diabetes mellitus, type II and bilateral hearing loss, as well as his rating claims for early degenerative joint disease of the right and left knees, are pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as new and material evidence was not received to reopen the diabetes mellitus and bilateral foot disorder claims, and his tinnitus claim was found not to be related to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to September 29, 2012.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating of diabetes mellitus type II with mild renal insufficiency and hypertension has been withdrawn.

The Board is remanding the case to determine if any of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities aggravated the conditions that caused or contributed to his death, including ARDS, pneumonia, diabetes, and heart disease.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and attempting to corroborate the Veteran's reported helicopter flight from the USS Oriskany to Danang airbase in 1973.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for lumbar spine/low back disorder, colon disorder, and diabetes mellitus. The new and material evidence claims have also been denied.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.

The Board has determined that the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam and thus is not entitled to presumptive service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of exposure to herbicide agents during service or any link between these conditions and service.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including obtaining service records and VA treatment records. The issues of entitlement to service connection for hypertension and whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus are also remanded.

The Veteran's type II diabetes mellitus was not incurred or aggravated in service, and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The Board denied the claim for service connection.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the death of the appellant.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, is currently rated at 20 percent and the Board finds that it does not warrant a higher rating based on its current manifestations.

The Board found it not factually ascertainable that the Veteran had loss of use of both lower extremities prior to June 30, 2015, for which SMC at R-1 rate was awarded.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to May 22, 2012.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for bipolar disorder with PTSD, which was initially rated as 30 percent disabling and later increased to 70 percent effective April 5, 2000, is granted. The effective date for the 70 percent rating remains April 5, 2000.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining his personnel records and VA examinations.

The Veteran's service connection claim for diabetes mellitus, type II, as due to herbicide exposure is granted.