Diabetes Board decisions

The veteran's claims for service connection, increased rating for PTSD, and TDIU are being remanded to obtain additional evidence.

The veteran's claims for increased rating of diabetes mellitus, service connection for peripheral neuropathy and PTSD are being remanded for further development.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, but denied service connection. The claims for hypertension, heart condition, diabetes mellitus, and emphysema were not reopened.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II is presumed to have been incurred in service due to exposure to herbicides. The veteran's hypertension and upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy are both granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, and skin rash as there was no evidence of in-service incurrence or current disability.

The case is remanded for additional development, including obtaining outstanding medical records and scheduling new VA examinations.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for diabetes mellitus, service connection for hypertension and depression/anxiety as not supported by the evidence.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a 50 percent evaluation, but his claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and hypertension were denied.

The veteran's claim for service connection for diabetic retinopathy as due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus is being remanded for further development, and the claims for increased ratings for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities are also being remanded.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus is appropriately rated as 20 percent disabling throughout the period of the claim, as it does not require restriction of his activities to control it.

The Board remands the case to obtain additional evidence regarding the veteran's service connection for diabetes and hypertension, as well as a medical opinion on whether his in-service obesity may have caused his diabetes.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional VA medical records and a VA examination for the veteran's claimed left shoulder disability.

The appeal was remanded for additional development, including efforts to obtain missing service medical records and private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that his ischemic heart disease, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, renal insufficiency, and liver failure were not related to his military service.

The appeal to reopen a claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus due to herbicide exposure was denied as new and material evidence was not presented.

The Board remands the claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent disabling for diabetes mellitus, type II, to schedule a new VA examination.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 20 percent as his treatment does not require insulin or regulation of activities.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus as new and material evidence was not presented, but granted the claim to reopen the claim of service connection for skin disease. The Board also found that diabetic retinopathy with macular edema and cataracts in the left eye was not related to service.

The veteran's claims for an increased rating, TDIU, and earlier effective date for PTSD are being remanded for additional development.

The veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, with neuropathy of a lower extremity and impotence were denied an initial compensable rating.