Diabetes Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for type I diabetes mellitus, which is presumed to have been incurred in active military service. The issues of entitlement to service connection for gastroparesis with muscle loss and stomach impairment, retinopathy, and neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus are remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right foot disorder, low back disorder, and diabetes mellitus as not being supported by new and material evidence or medical nexus to his service-connected left foot stress fracture.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, was evaluated as not warranting a rating in excess of 20 percent based on the evidence showing that his activities were regulated by obesity rather than diabetes.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for left arm peripheral neuropathy, granted an increased disability rating for CAD to 10 percent, and denied an increased disability rating for nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.

The Board remands the claim for verification of the veteran's service in or near Vietnam and to obtain any additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, prostate disorder, osteoarthritis of the cervical spine, lower back, shoulders and knees, hypertension, heart disorder, and hearing loss to schedule a VA audiological examination.

The veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, including as due to exposure to Agent Orange in service, is being remanded for further development.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus with impotence and nephropathy, chondromalacia of the left knee, chondromalacia of the right knee, and left ear hearing loss do not meet the criteria for increased ratings.

The veteran's Type II diabetes mellitus is service-connected due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his time in Vietnam.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining up-to-date medical records and scheduling a VA orthopedic evaluation to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's knee disabilities.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus, with hypertension, does not meet the criteria for a disability rating greater than 20 percent.

The veteran was denied an initial compensable evaluation for erectile dysfunction and the appeal as to an increased rating for diabetes mellitus was dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a lung disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining new medical evidence and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board determined that the appellant's claims for service connection and an initial compensable evaluation for hypertension were not supported by the evidence of record.

The Board remands the claim for a new examination to determine if the veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine is aggravated by his service-connected compression fracture, and to consider the claims for diabetes mellitus and hypertension in relation to this issue.

The veteran's diabetes does not require regulation of activities, and service connection was granted for a skin disorder and residuals of basal cell carcinoma of the right ear.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), as secondary to his service-connected hypertension.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II is granted as a result of in-service exposure to herbicides/agent orange. The hypertension claim remains pending further evidence.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for a liver, kidney, and bilateral foot disability claimed as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus for further development.