Diabetes Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's diabetes mellitus is not related to service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's type II diabetes mellitus was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in active military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of the veteran's claims, including verifying his alleged stressors and obtaining medical opinions regarding PTSD, diabetes mellitus Type II, and service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's 1973 blood sugar level of 525 was not indicative of diabetes mellitus and did not occur during service or within one year of separation. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims of service connection for hypertensive vascular disease and diabetes mellitus due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset during his period of service.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus has been stable and does not require the level of care or restrictions necessitating a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post traumatic stress disorder and diabetes mellitus, type II. The decision found no evidence of in-service diagnosis or exposure to Agent Orange that would support presumptive service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus and awarded a 30 percent evaluation for the veteran's adjustment disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus for accrued benefits purposes because there was no pending claim at his death and the appellant did not file her derivative claim within one year of his death.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current disability due to jungle fungi of both feet or left lower extremity and bilateral upper extremity lipomas. The VA medical records do not show diabetes mellitus Type II within one year after service discharge, nor is there any competent evidence linking this condition to his period of active duty.

The veteran's claims for service connection were denied as the evidence did not show that any of his claimed conditions had onset during or were aggravated by service.

The Board found that the veteran did not have verified active service in Vietnam, and thus could not be presumed to have been exposed to herbicide agents, including Agent Orange. The Board also noted that there was no medical evidence or opinion establishing a nexus between any of the veteran's conditions (metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma and diabetes mellitus) and his military service.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claims of service connection for hypertensive vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and dementia due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that these conditions were caused by in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not meet the criteria for a certificate of eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing or adaptive equipment due to his service-connected conditions and other factors.

The Board finds that an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus is denied as the claim was filed after the disability arose.

The veteran seeks a higher initial evaluation for his service-connected diabetes mellitus, but the RO did not consider all relevant evidence and needs to obtain additional medical records before proceeding with the claim.

The veteran's claim for specially adapted housing assistance or a special home adaptation grant is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records and VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the case due to scheduling issues, and no new rating or effective date is provided.

The veteran claims service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus as a residual of herbicidal agent exposure during his military service. The Board has ordered further development to determine if the veteran was exposed to an herbicide agent while in transit through Saigon Airport, and then remanded the case for readjudication.

The veteran's claims for PTSD, increased rating for schizophrenia, initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, and total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability were all denied by the Board.