Diabetes Board decisions

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing assistance or special home adaptation grant, automobile and adaptive equipment, or SMC based on need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and adhesions, finding no competent evidence of such conditions associated with her active military duty.

The Board has determined that the veteran's sleep apnea, navel hernia, diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) are not related to service. The claims for these conditions have been denied.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination. The claims for increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and Dependents' Educational Assistance are deferred pending completion of the development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type I and II, as well as severance of service connection for right ear hearing loss. The veteran was also denied increased ratings for PTSD, left knee disability, and right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied, as his hearing acuity did not meet the criteria for a noncompensable disability rating. The claim for a higher initial rating for diabetes mellitus with hypertension and diabetic retinopathy is remanded due to incomplete records.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the veteran's nonservice-connected erectile dysfunction was caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities, including medications for PTSD, hypertension, diabetes and residuals of a left ankle disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and TDIU, finding that the criteria were not met.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus and assigned a 20 percent disability rating, effective January 6, 2005. The veteran's claim was initially denied in the October 2005 rating decision but was later granted with this new rating.

The Board has determined that there is a need to obtain additional evidence, including service personnel records and VA treatment records, in order to properly adjudicate the veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are denied as there is no evidence to support a finding of an in-service event, injury, or illness that would be etiologically related to his current conditions.

The Board found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus was not incurred in service and is not due to Agent Orange exposure. The claims for retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy, which are secondary to diabetes mellitus, were also denied as there is no evidence of these conditions being related to service or Agent Orange exposure.

The Board has determined that the veteran's diabetes mellitus does not require insulin, restricted diet, and regulation of activities to warrant a higher rating. The current 20% disability rating for diabetes mellitus is denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type I, with retinopathy and for evaluations in excess of 60 percent for diabetes mellitus, type I, with retinopathy. The claim for residuals of Graves' disease is also denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have diabetes mellitus, hypertension, a back disability, or residuals of heat stroke as a result of service. The claims for these conditions are therefore denied.

The Board has granted a 60 percent evaluation for the veteran's Type I diabetes mellitus with nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy, which was previously evaluated as 20 percent disabling.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus is related to his military service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension, claimed as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.