Diabetes Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including a Social and Industrial Survey to assess his employability due to service-connected disabilities. The issues of entitlement to higher ratings for generalized anxiety disorder and bilateral hearing loss are also addressed.

The Veteran's appeals on the issues of service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities and an effective date prior to January 23, 2008 for diabetes mellitus, type 2 have been withdrawn by the appellant.

The Board has determined that the severance of service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and erectile dysfunction was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous, thus denying the request to restore these benefits.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for an effective date of March 27, 2009 for service connection for diabetes mellitus. The issue of hypertension is remanded for further development.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of type I diabetes mellitus and has determined that it was incurred in active service, with a link to exposure at Camp Lejeune.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 is being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding his alleged exposure to Agent Orange during his service aboard the USS ENGAGE in 1971.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, and the claim will be reconsidered.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, which he claimed was due to herbicide exposure. The decision is based on a direct service connection theory and not through any presumption or other special circumstances.

The Veteran's type II diabetes mellitus is presumed to be due to herbicide exposure, and the Board finds that all elements of presumptive service connection have been met. The claims for secondary service connection for retinopathy, nephritis, and peripheral neuropathy are remanded for further examination.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been granted. Service connection has been established for diabetic retinopathy, and the Veteran is now rated at 20 percent for diabetes mellitus with complications including nephropathy (microalbuminuria), left foot neuropathy, right foot neuropathy, left hand neuropathy, right hand neuropathy, and tinea rash.

The Board has remanded the case due to unclear service connection claims and a need for additional evidence regarding radiation exposure during service.

The Veteran's death was attributed to diabetes mellitus, which the Board finds insufficiently addressed due to a lack of medical opinion regarding its relationship to service-connected pancreatitis. The case is being remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus and disorder of the left foot were not incurred or aggravated during her periods of active service, and thus denied both claims.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, is denied as there is no evidence of herbicide exposure during service and the condition was not present within one year after discharge. The Board finds that service connection cannot be established on a direct basis.

The Board has found that the Veteran's metastatic colon cancer with lung metastasis, as well as his diabetic peripheral neuropathy, are service-connected due to exposure to aviation gasoline containing tetraethyl lead during military service. The claim for service connection was reopened based on new evidence.

The Veteran's type II diabetes mellitus was not manifested by all of the required criteria for a higher rating prior to October 23, 2007. Since that date, it has been manifested by restricted diet and regulation of activities but not requiring insulin or hospitalization.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, due to herbicide exposure is being remanded as the Board did not provide adequate reasons and bases for its finding of no herbicide exposure in Thailand. The case must be referred to DOD for verification.

The Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and peripheral vascular disease of the right and left lower extremities have all been denied. The Board found that there is no current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, and that the Veteran's hypertension and peripheral vascular diseases are not related to his military service.,Service connection was also denied as secondary to a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type 2 was denied as there is no competent evidence of current disability.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and Social Security Administration records. The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, residuals of squamous cell carcinoma, left vocal cord, and erectile dysfunction are also being remanded.