Diabetes Board decisions

The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is currently rated at 70 percent, and his diabetes mellitus was granted service connection on May 8, 2001. The effective date for the grant of service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus has been set at May 8, 2001.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus and COPD, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for COPD. The Board also found that there was insufficient evidence to establish presumptive service connection for diabetes mellitus due to exposure in Vietnam.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding that there is no competent evidence linking the disorder to a disease or injury in service, including any service-connected disability.

The veteran's claimed cardiac disability, peripheral neuropathy, and hypertension are not found to be related to his active service or to a service-connected condition. Service connection for diabetes mellitus is denied as there is no evidence of herbicide exposure in Thailand.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus is granted as service-connected due to presumed exposure to Agent Orange during his brief period of service in Vietnam.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding that there was no evidence of its presence during active duty or ACDUTRA and thus failing to meet the requirements for service connection.

The veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is shown to be productive of a disability picture that more nearly approximates one requiring insulin, restricted diet and regulation of activities. The VA rating board has granted an increased evaluation from 20% to 40%.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right eye disability, diabetes mellitus, and left knee disability including arthritis. The decision found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus is moderately severe, requiring large insulin dosage and restricted diet. The disability requires regulation of occupational activities due to Charcot joint disease. The Board granted an initial 40 percent rating for diabetes mellitus with impotence.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to February 14, 2001 for a grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II. The RO had already granted this benefit on that date.

The RO granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, as secondary to herbicide exposure, in an August 2004 rating decision. The appeal is dismissed because the claim has been resolved in favor of the veteran.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on the need for aid and attendance of another person or at the housebound rate due to her multiple conditions, including right arm lymphedema, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development due to VCAA compliance issues.

The veteran's claims for service connection for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus with sexual dysfunction, both claimed as secondary to herbicide exposure, were denied. The Board found no evidence of Agent Orange exposure during service and concluded that the diseases did not manifest within one year of service separation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's diabetes mellitus II is not related to his service, including exposure to herbicides. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death, arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, was not service-connected and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus and lumbar disc disease are currently rated at the lowest possible levels under VA rating criteria. The Board finds that neither condition warrants a higher rating based on current medical evidence.

The Board denied an increased disability evaluation for service-connected diabetes mellitus, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the veteran's need for insulin or restricted diet.

The Board has determined that the veteran's diabetes mellitus was not incurred in or aggravated as a result of service, and denied his claim.

The VA examiner found no evidence of a direct link between the veteran's current neurological disabilities and the incidents in 1995, thus denying compensation for both conditions.,There is insufficient medical evidence to support the veteran's claims that his neurological disabilities are related to the blood pressure cuff incident or the IV site infection.